any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
material used to provide a bed for animals
the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)
a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)
(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass destruction
a small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid
an abbreviation for `hazardous material’ used on warning signs
material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster
material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing
a material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption
a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption
a substance that exhibits diamagnetism
solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth’s crust
a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together
any substance used to seal joints or fill cracks in a porous surface
material derived from animals
any light downy material
material made by bonding together sheets of two different metals
a substance that abrades or wears down
material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules
strong lightweight material developed in the laboratory; fibers of more than one kind are bonded together chemically
a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat
a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
a substance that contaminates
a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant)
free microscopic particles of solid material
any of various elastic materials that resemble rubber (resumes its original shape when a deforming force is removed)
the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
a substance that is emitted or released
loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
any material that fills a space or container
a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture
material that has been homogenized (especially tissue that has been ground and mixed)
material that is high in humic acids
material with which something is impregnated
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
any material used especially to protect something
any material used for its color
material derived from plants
material that is radioactive
any material used to thicken
a black or colored powder used in a printer to develop a xerographic image
a material having the property of admitting light diffusely; a partly transparent material
the material removed by a cut made underneath
a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action
a white cheeselike protective material that covers the skin of a fetus
a small mass of soft material
the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface
a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
an insulating liner in an opening through which conductors pass
one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions (as at a wedding)
a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck
a very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light; used in bundles to transmit images
a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
a threadlike extension of a nerve cell
(biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
paper used for writing or printing
the rind of bacon
the rind of a fruit or vegetable
the rind of a cheese
a relatively small granular particle of a substance
material resulting from the process of grinding
microscopic particles in the interplanetary medium
accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier
the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer
hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants
coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms
stiff coarse fiber from the outer husk of a coconut
fiber of a raffia palm used as light cordage and in making hats and baskets
worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
a light resilient foam of polystyrene
the raw material that is required for some industrial process
a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance
a material that has been or is capable of being absorbed
a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance
a material that has been or is capable of being adsorbed
a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles
a white or grey mineral consisting of lithium aluminum phosphate; a source of lithium
a mineral or mineral variety belonging to the amphibole group
a group of minerals with similar crystal structures containing a silicate chain and combinations of chiefly sodium and calcium and magnesium and iron and aluminum
a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus
a mineral form of crystalline calcium carbonate; dimorphic with calcite
a valuable silver ore consisting of silver sulfide (Ag2S)
a rare steel-grey mineral consisting of silver and germanium and sulfur
a silver-white or grey ore of arsenic
a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons
dark-green to black glassy mineral of the pyroxene group containing large amounts of aluminum and iron and magnesium
a mineral consisting of zirconium oxide
a yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements
a clay-like mineral; the chief ore of aluminum; composed of aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides; used as an abrasive and catalyst
the chief source of beryllium; colored transparent varieties are valued as gems
an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent
a mineral consisting of sulfides of copper and iron that is found in copper deposits
a white or reddish mineral consisting of hydrous chlorides of potassium and magnesium; used as a fertilizer and as a source of potassium and magnesium
a hard heavy dark mineral that is the chief source of tin
a mineral consisting of strontium sulphate
a mineral consisting of lead carbonate that is an important source of lead
a heavy grey mineral that is an ore of copper
a yellow copper ore (CuFeS2) made up of copper and iron sulfide
a generally green or black mineral; it occurs as a constituent of many rocks typically in the form of a flat crystal
a brownish-black mineral; the major source of chromium
a rare hard yellow green mineral consisting of beryllium aluminate in crystal form; used as a gemstone
a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury
a rare silvery-white mineral; important ore of cobalt
naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride
a valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite; used in cell phones and computer chips
a blue mineral of magnesium and iron and aluminum and silicon and oxygen; often used as a gemstone
very hard mineral used as an abrasive
a white mineral consisting of silica; found in volcanic rocks
a rare lead chromite mineral that forms bright orange crystals
a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine
a mineral consisting of cuprous oxide that is a source of copper
(biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty acids
a light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium; used as a ceramic and as fertilizer
a colored mineral used as a pigment
a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper)
a reddish mineral consisting of hydrated cobalt arsenate in monoclinic crystalline form and used in coloring glass; usually found in veins bearing cobalt and arsenic
a dark mineral consisting of oxides of yttrium and erbium and tantalum and other minerals
a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine
a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium
soft blue-grey mineral; lead sulfide; a major source of lead
any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive
a green mineral consisting of hydrated nickel magnesium silicate; a source of nickel
a rare reddish-grey mineral consisting of a copper iron germanium sulfide
white crystalline mineral consisting of aluminum hydroxide; a constituent of bauxite and a source of alumina
a green mineral consisting of hydrated silicate of potassium or iron or magnesium or aluminum; found in greensand
ore of cadmium; a rare yellowish mineral consisting of cadmium sulphide in crystalline form
a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris)
a mineral consisting of manganese tetroxide; a source of manganese
a white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of barium
a white mineral; a common ore of zinc
a weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks; an iron titanium oxide in crystalline form; a source of titanium
a hard green mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade; found principally in Burma
a white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride; a source of potassium salts; used as a fertilizer
a mineral consisting of aluminum silicate; main source of kaolin
a light soft mineral consisting of hydrated sodium borate in crystalline form; an important source of boron
a white mineral consisting of hydrous magnesium sulfate often found in salt mines
a grey or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum silicate in crystalline form; occurs in metaphoric rock, used as a refractory
a mineral consisting of potassium magnesium double sulphate; used as a fertilizer
a white mineral consisting of magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium
a green or blue mineral used as an ore of copper and for making ornamental objects
a thick black tar intermediate between petroleum and asphalt
a black mineral consisting of basic manganese oxide; a source of manganese
a white clayey mineral
any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity
a yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulfide; a minor source of nickel
a mineral resembling graphite that is valued as the chief source of molybdenum and its compounds
a reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals; an important source of thorium and cerium
a whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline form; used in the manufacture of ceramics and enamels
an igneous rock consisting of nepheline and pyroxene
a black mineral that is an ore of niobium and tantalum
the mineral form of calcium nitrate
a mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate; a source of magnesium
rare green to black mineral consisting of hydrated copper arsenate that is found in copper deposits
a translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color; some varieties are used as gemstones
a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
a yellow mineral occurring in conjunction with realgar; an ore of arsenic
a hard and corrosion resistant mineral that is a natural alloy of osmium and iridium (usually containing small amounts of rhodium and platinum); used in needles and pen nibs etc.
partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried
a mineral (iron and nickel sulphide) that is the chief ore of nickel
a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium
grey or green or brown mineral similar to mica and containing aluminum and potassium sulphates
a rare mineral that is an important source of cesium
a mineral consisting of hydrated basic oxide of manganese and barium; a source of manganese
a common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color
a mineral consisting of manganese dioxide; an important source of manganese
a mineral consisting of lead chloride and phosphate; a minor source of lead
a white or greenish aluminum silicate mineral (resembles talc)
any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks
a brownish iron sulfide mineral (FeS) having weak magnetic properties
a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities
hard metamorphic rock consisting essentially of interlocking quartz crystals
a chemical substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction
a rare soft orange mineral consisting of arsenic sulphide; an important ore of arsenic
clay whose redness results from iron oxide
a mineral consisting of manganese carbonate; a source of manganese
a pink or red mineral consisting of crystalline manganese silicate; used as an ornamental stone
broken rock used for repairing or making roads
rock formed from consolidated clay sediments
the granitelike rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth’s crust; rich in silicon and aluminum
rock that form the continuous lower layer of the earth’s crust; rich in silicon and magnesium
rock altered by pressure and heat
rock fragments and pebbles
nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru
(geology) sediment in which flat pebbles are uniformly tilted in the same direction
a porous rock formed on the surface of some lavas
a product made from animal material
a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds
an adhesive solution made of gum and ether and used to attach false hair to skin
something used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface
something that hardens to act as adhesive material
an adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard
an adhesive made by dissolving unvulcanized rubber in a solvent like benzene or naphtha
a kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface)
used for filling cracks or holes in a surface
a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid
a chemical sprayed on fruit trees to regulate their growth so the entire crop can be harvested at one time
fine-grained homogeneous rock (such as basalt) containing minerals undetectable by the naked eye
an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction
any oil obtained from animal substances
a calcareous material harder and denser than bone that comprises the bulk of a tooth
the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails
the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
a high-quality paper (usually having a filler of china clay)
a light fibrous material used as an insulator
any chemical agent that destroys bacteria
absorbent paper used to dry ink
sensitized paper used to make blueprints
any fat obtained from animals
a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper
compounds composed of 1 carbon and 4 halogen molecules
an abrasive composed of silicon carbide crystals
a stiff moderately thick paper
paper for making cartridge cases
a minor chemical constituent that gives a wine or liquor its distinctive character
a mass of woven steel fibers used as an abrasive
any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth
a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape
material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
a microscopic particle of triglycerides produced in the intestines during digestion; in the bloodstream they release their fatty acids into the blood
fine-grained rock consisting of compacted clay particles
intermediate between peat and bituminous coal
(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
paper folded to permit continuous printing controlled by a computer
paper suitable for drawing and making cutouts
a substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities
glass fibers spun and massed into bundles resembling wool
outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations
gases ejected from an engine as waste products
a kind of sedimentary rock resembling marble or limestone but rich in magnesium carbonate
paper that is specially prepared for use in drafting
fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air
a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material
a deposit of clay and disintegrating rock that is found in its original place
the part of the earth’s surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
a chemical substance used to improve the structure of the soil and increase its porosity
cloth covered with powdered emery
stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand
a mixture of emery dust and a binder; can be molded into grindstones
a substance that oozes out from plant pores
a substance that transudes
a foul-smelling outflow or vapor (especially a gaseous waste)
a watery discharge from the mucous membranes (especially from the eyes or nose)
discharge of secretions from the cervical glands of the vagina; normally clear or white
waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
water mixed with waste matter
food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil
worthless material that is to be disposed of
(usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand
poisonous waste materials; can cause injury (especially by chemical means)
any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed
a composite rock made up of particles of varying size
a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
stone that occurs naturally in fields; often used as building material
a porous unsized paper used for filtering
a tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly
paper that is poisoned or coated with a sticky substance to kill flies
spongy rubber; made by introducing air bubbles before vulcanization and used for cushioning or upholstery
a chemical substance used in fumigation
paper that has lines to permit drawing graphs
paper that is impermeable to oil or grease; used in cooking
a granitic rock composed of quartz and mica
a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth
a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions
a tiny particle of material that can be added to a product to indicate the source of manufacture
(chemistry) a substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance; can be used to indicate the completion of a chemical reaction or (in medicine) to test for a particular reaction
a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained
a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process
a chemical used to kill larval pests
a soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime
molten rock in the earth’s crust
rock formed by the solidification of molten magma
a high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish
a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals
fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers
unsized paper treated with litmus for use as an acid-base indicator
a lightweight paper used with carbon paper to make multiple copies
a strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp
a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
(geology) amass of fine-grained rock in which fossils, crystals, or gems are embedded
a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process
paper with lines appropriate for writing music
fiber created from natural materials or by chemical processes
fiber derived from plants or animals
cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers
loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes; when impregnated with tar it was used to caulk seams and pack joints in wooden ships
paper that has been made translucent and waterproof by soaking in oil
a thin tough opaque paper used in fine books
a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
a long narrow strip of paper
absorbent paper used as toweling
a substance made from paper pulp that can be molded when wet and painted when dry
paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans
a superior paper resembling sheepskin
a thin delicate material resembling paper; made from the rice-paper tree
a heavy paper impregnated with tar and used as part of a roof for waterproofing
a continuous thin ribbon of paper on which stock quotes are written
thin curly wood shavings used for packing or stuffing
a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)
a chemical substance obtained from plants that is biologically active but not nutritive
a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
a substance that colors metals
a reddish coloring material found in some algae
dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)
any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color
a product made from plant material
a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction
useless radioactive materials that are left after some laboratory or commercial process is completed
a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric
a chemical that is added to a photographic developer in order to retard development and reduce the amount of fog on a film
a mineral consisting of titanium dioxide in crystalline form; occurs in metamorphic and plutonic rocks and is a major source of titanium
a complex black mineral occurring in pegmatites
a rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum and magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks
a mineral used as an ore of tungsten
shale that is rich in humic acids
a grey mineral consisting of cobalt arsenide and nickel; an important source of cobalt and nickel
a vitreous mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate and sodium chloride in crystalline form; occurs in igneous rocks
a sodium salt of pyrophosphoric acid used as a builder in soaps and detergents
a sodium salt of triphosphoric acid used as a builder in soaps and detergents
any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
a hard glassy mineral consisting of an oxide of magnesium and aluminum; occurs in various colors that are used as gemstones
a pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminum silicate; a source of lithium
a chemical that is added to a solution or mixture or suspension to maintain it in a stable or unchanging state
(microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible
a dark grey mineral with a metallic luster that is a source of tin
a substance added to another to make it less hard
a soft grey mineral; the chief ore of antimony
a mineral consisting of strontium carbonate
a waxy fat obtained from certain plants (e.g. bayberry) and used as tallow
a silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride; a source of gold in Australia and America
a mineral consisting of native potassium chloride; an important ore of potassium that is found in sedimentary beds
a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder
a mineral consisting of tantalum oxide of iron and manganese that occurs with niobite or in coarse granite; an ore of tantalum
a radioactive mineral consisting of thorium silicate; it is a source of thorium that is found in coarse granite
a mineral consisting of scandium yttrium silicate; a source of scandium
a soft thin (usually translucent) paper
a mineral (fluosilicate of aluminum) that occurs in crystals of various colors and is used as a gemstone
a mineral that is a complex borosilicate and hydroxide of aluminum containing iron and magnesium and calcium and lithium and sodium; it is usually black but occurs in transparent colored forms that are used as gemstones
a semitransparent paper that is used for tracing drawings
a paper that is coated with a preparation for transferring a design to another surface
a mineral form of silica
the tertiary phosphate of sodium used as a builder in soaps and detergents
a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate
a mineral consisting of chloride and vanadate of lead; a source of vanadium
any of a group of yellow or brown hydrous silicate minerals having a micaceous structure
a green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate; it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone
a decorative paper for the walls of rooms
paper discarded after use
paper that has been waterproofed by treatment with wax or paraffin
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
a mineral consisting of iron and manganese tungstate in crystalline form; the principal ore of tungsten; found in quartz veins associated with granitic rocks
a white or greyish mineral typically found in metamorphic limestone; a silicate of calcium
a tough paper used for wrapping
paper material made into thin sheets that are sized to take ink; used for writing correspondence and manuscripts
a yellow to orange or brown mineral used as a molybdenum ore
a brownish-black mineral consisting of zinc sulfide
a brown-to-yellow mineral that is a phosphate of yttrium in crystalline form
any of a family of glassy minerals analogous to feldspar containing hydrated aluminum silicates of calcium or sodium or potassium; formed in cavities in lava flows and in plutonic rocks
an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form
a steel grey metallic mineral (a sulphide of lead and antimony)
a common mineral occurring in small crystals; chief source of zirconium; used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent
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English-Russian SQL Server dictionary > STUFF
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stuff
stuff [stʌf]
1) материа́л; вещество́;
2) мате́рия (
особ.
шерстяна́я)
3) дрянь, хлам, чепуха́;
4) (the stuff)
разг.
доста́точный запа́с (
особ.
питья́ или нарко́тиков)
7) ве́щи, иму́щество
сл.
обраще́ние, поведе́ние;
1) набива́ть, заполня́ть; начиня́ть, фарширова́ть
2) вти́скивать, засо́вывать;
3) набива́ть чу́чело живо́тного или пти́цы
4) зака́рмливать, корми́ть на убо́й;
5) объеда́ться; жа́дно есть
7) набива́ть, переполня́ть (
тж. перен.
);
амер.
наполня́ть избира́тельные у́рны фальши́выми бюллете́нями
10)
разг.
мистифици́ровать, обма́нывать
11) пломбирова́ть зуб
Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > stuff
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stuff
English-Russian dictionary of biology and biotechnology > stuff
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stuff
- stuff
- n
вещество; материал
— coarse stuff
Англо-русский строительный словарь. — М.: Русский Язык.
.
1995.
Англо-русский словарь строительных терминов > stuff
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stuff
Персональный Сократ > stuff
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stuff
1. [stʌf]
1. 1) материал; вещество
stuff for an article [for a book] — материал для статьи [для книги]
what stuff is this made of? — из чего это сделано?
green /garden/ stuff — овощи
3) человеческий материал; природные задатки
he is not the stuff of which heroes [poets] are made — он не из тех, из кого выходят герои [поэты]
he is made of sterner stuff than she — у него более решительный характер, чем у неё
he is a man with plenty of good stuff in him — он обладает множеством достоинств
2. вещь, штука
what is this stuff? — что это такое?
this book [this wine] is good stuff — это хорошая книга [-ее вино]
they tried to sell me some stuff I don’t need — они пытались навязать мне какие-то товары, которые мне совершенно не нужны
3. вещи, имущество
get out my fishing stuff and kitbag — достань мои рыболовные принадлежности и вещевой мешок
4.
лекарство; микстура (
medical stuff, doctor’s stuff)
you take too much doctor’s stuff — вы слишком увлекаетесь лекарствами; вы принимаете слишком много лекарств
5. материя, ткань,
шерстяная
6. дрянь, чепуха, ерунда, хлам
what stuff! — что за чушь!, что за глупости!
do you call this stuff wine? — неужели вы называете эту дрянь вином?
what stuff he writes! — какую чепуху он пишет!
these books are not the usual /ordinary/ run-of-the-mill stuff — это хорошие книги, а не чтиво
he gave them the big-town stuff — он им показал, как ведут себя в большом городе
I don’t want any rough stuff from you — я не желаю терпеть от вас грубости /хамства/
don’t give me any of that stuff! — ≅ я и слушать это не хочу!
that’s kid [sissy] stuff — это разговор /занятие/ только для детей [для девчонок]
to be short of the (necessary) stuff — не иметь достаточного количества денег
has she got the stuff? — у неё есть деньги?
9.
краденое, краденые вещи
1) виски (
the good stuff)
be used to drink but is now off the stuff — он когда-то пил, но теперь завязал
2) марихуана; героин; наркотик
11. 1) знание; умение; квалификация
they’re showing their stuff — они показывают, на что способны /демонстрируют свою ловкость, свои познания /
a teacher who knows his stuff — учитель, знающий свой предмет
13. вздор!, чепуха!, ерунда!
stuff and nonsense! — чушь!, вздор!, ерунда!
that’s the stuff! — вот это то, что надо!
that’s the stuff to give (the troops /’em/) — жарг. так и надо действовать /поступать/ (с ними)
to do one’s stuff — а) делать своё дело; he knows (how to do) his stuff — он знает своё дело; б) поступать так, как уговорились; do your stuff — делай своё дело
and stuff — и всё такое прочее; и прочая чепуха; и т. д. и т. п.
2. [stʌf]
1. 1) набивать, заполнять, забивать
to stuff a cushion [a sack] (with straw) — набить подушку [мешок] (соломой)
2) начинять, фаршировать
to stuff fish [rabbit] — фаршировать рыбу [кролика]
3) пломбировать ()
2. забивать (); вбивать ()
to stuff one’s [smb.’s] head with romantic ideas — забивать себе [кому-л.] голову романтическими идеями
don’t stuff (up) your head with things you don’t understand — не забивайте себе голову вещами, которых вы не понимаете
the silly ideas he had stuffed you with — глупости, которыми он забил вам голову
to stuff facts into smb.’s mind — вбивать /вколачивать/ факты в чью-л. голову
to stuff smb. for an exam — натаскивать кого-л. к экзамену
3. набивать желудок, жадно есть; объедаться (
stuff down)
4. набивать, заполнять
a drawer stuffed with papers — ящик стола, набитый бумагами
5. закармливать
to stuff a goose — откармливать гуся, кормить гуся на убой
6. втискивать, засовывать, запихивать
to stuff a handkerchief into one’s pocket — сунуть носовой платок в карман
1) затыкать
2) засорять
to stuff (up) a pipe — засорить /забить/ трубу
3) закладывать ()
I am stuffed (up), my nose is stuffed up — у меня заложен нос, у меня насморк
8.
обманывать, мистифицировать
he is only stuffing you — он вас обманывает, он вас разыгрывает
9.
наполнять избирательные урны фальшивыми бюллетенями
10. 1) выделывать кожу
11.
забивать гол с близкого расстояния
stuff today and starve tomorrow — ≅ разом густо, разом пусто
to stuff smth. down smb.’s throat — насильно пичкать чем-л.
stuff it — ≅ пошёл ты с этим делом — знаешь куда?
НБАРС > stuff
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stuff
I [stʌf]
n
1) материал, вещество
Drink some of that stuff. — Выпей немного этой штуки.
The meat is good stuff. — Это хорошее мясо.
— thick stuff
— green stuff
— raw stuff
— sweet stuff
— carpenter’s stuff
— collect the stuff for a new book
— handle the stuff
— mould the stuff
— take in food stuffs
— use the stuff
— write funny stuff
2) вещи, имущество, материя, пожитки
I can’t carry all the stuff alone. — Мне одной все эти вещи не унести.
He scatters his stuff all over the place. — Он разбрасывает свои вещи по всей квартире.
— household stuff
— silk stuff
— practical stuff
— pair of trousers made of some grey stuff
— put one’s stuff into the bag
— take the stuff away
3) лекарство, лекарства
— put some medical stuff on the burn
— this medicine is a nasty stuff
— don’t take so much doctor’s stuff
4) дрянь, хлам, чепуха
This wine is poor stuff. — Это плохое вино.
I don’t eat such odious stuff. — Я такую дрянь не ем.
All that stuff about eternel love. — Все эта болтовня о вечной любви.
Small stuff. — ◊ Мелочи жизни. /Пустяки.
— stuff and nonsense!
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CHOICE OF WORDS:
Существительное stuff (подобно thing) имеет очень широкий диапазон употреблений с общим значением «то, из чего что-либо состоит или сделано», переводы его зависят от сферы употребления и ситуации. Так, например: to do one’s stuff делать своё дело/проявить свои способности; to know one’s stuff знать своё дело. Compromises are the very stuff of politics. Политика заключается в компромиссах. He is a man with plenty of good stuff in him. Он человек, у которого много достоинств/много положительного. This is the sort of stuff to give them. Только так и надо поступать с ними. /Они не заслуживают лучшего обращения. He is made of different stuff. Он совсем другой человек. /Он сделан совсем из другого теста. He is made of sterner (better, less heroic) stuff. У него более решительный (лучший, менее героический) характер. We must see what stuff he is made of. Нам надо узнать на что он способен. I don’t want any rough stuff from you. Я не желаю терпеть от тебя никакого хамства/никаких грубостей. What’s all this apology stuff? Что это за болтовня о всяких извинениях? Such experiences are the stuff of the life. В таких переживаниях суть жизни
II [stʌf]
v
засовывать, впихивать, набивать, заполнять
He stuffed his fingers into his ears. — Он заткнул уши пальцами.
My nose is stuffed. — У меня нос заложен
— stuff one’s head with silly ideas
— stuff one’s clothes into a suitcase
— stuff a child with sweets
— stuffed fish
English-Russian combinatory dictionary > stuff
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stuff
[stʌf]
stuff материал; вещество; to collect the stuff for a book собирать материал для книги; green (или garden) stuff овощи stuff дрянь, хлам, чепуха; stuff and nonsense! вздор!; do you call this stuff butter? неужели вы называете эту дрянь маслом? stuff материал; вещество; to collect the stuff for a book собирать материал для книги; green (или garden) stuff овощи he is made of sterner stuff than his father у него более решительный характер, чем у его отца stuff затыкать (тж. stuff up); he stuffed his fingers into his ears он заткнул уши пальцами; my nose is stuffed up у меня нос заложен a man with plenty of good stuff in him человек больших достоинств; this book is poor stuff это никчемная книжонка stuff затыкать (тж. stuff up); he stuffed his fingers into his ears он заткнул уши пальцами; my nose is stuffed up у меня нос заложен small stuff мелочи жизни, пустяки stuff вещи, имущество stuff втискивать, засовывать; to stuff one’s clothes into a suitcase запихивать вещи в чемодан stuff дрянь, хлам, чепуха; stuff and nonsense! вздор!; do you call this stuff butter? неужели вы называете эту дрянь маслом? stuff закармливать, кормить на убой; to stuff a child with sweets пичкать ребенка сладостями stuff затыкать (тж. stuff up); he stuffed his fingers into his ears он заткнул уши пальцами; my nose is stuffed up у меня нос заложен stuff разг. лекарство (тж. doctor’s stuff) stuff материал; вещество; to collect the stuff for a book собирать материал для книги; green (или garden) stuff овощи stuff уст. материя (особ. шерстяная) stuff разг. мистифицировать, обманывать stuff набивать, переполнять (тж. перен.); to stuff one’s head with silly ideas забивать себе голову глупыми идеями stuff набивать, заполнять; начинять, фаршировать stuff набивать чучело животного или птицы stuff тех. набивка, наполнитель stuff амер. наполнять избирательные урны фальшивыми бюллетенями stuff объедаться; жадно есть stuff пломбировать зуб stuff закармливать, кормить на убой; to stuff a child with sweets пичкать ребенка сладостями stuff дрянь, хлам, чепуха; stuff and nonsense! вздор!; do you call this stuff butter? неужели вы называете эту дрянь маслом? stuff втискивать, засовывать; to stuff one’s clothes into a suitcase запихивать вещи в чемодан stuff набивать, переполнять (тж. перен.); to stuff one’s head with silly ideas забивать себе голову глупыми идеями stuff sl. обращение, поведение; this is the sort of stuff to give them только так и надо поступать с ними; они не заслуживают лучшего обращения a man with plenty of good stuff in him человек больших достоинств; this book is poor stuff это никчемная книжонка stuff sl. обращение, поведение; this is the sort of stuff to give them только так и надо поступать с ними; они не заслуживают лучшего обращения
English-Russian short dictionary > stuff
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stuff
stʌf
1. сущ.
1) а) уст. материя( особ. шерстяная) б) материал, вещество green stuff, garden stuff ≈ овощи He is made of sterner stuff than his father. ≈ У него более решительный характер, чем у его отца. в) вещи, имущество г) дрянь, хлам, чепуха Do you call this stuff butter? ≈ Неужели вы называете эту дрянь маслом? This book is poor stuff. ≈ Это никчемная книжонка. д) сл. наркотики, наркота
2) нечто, относящееся к чему-л., составляющее суть чего-л., штука, штуковина, также универсальный гипероним;
сл. обращение, поведение This is the sort of stuff to give them. ≈ Только так и надо поступать с ними;
они не заслуживают лучшего обращения. Apples, oranges, this kind of stuff. ≈ Так, апельсины, яблоки, всякие такие фрукты.
3) разг. лекарство (тж. doctor’s stuff)
4) тех. набивка, наполнитель ∙
2. гл.
1) а) набивать, напихивать, пихать, запихивать, заполнять I simply can’t stuff any more clothes into this case. ≈ В этот чемодан больше не влезет никакая одежда. She stuffed her things into a suitcase. ≈ Она запихнула свои вещи в чемодан They stuffed their suitcases with all sorts of things. ≈ Они набили свои чемоданы кучей всяких разных вещей. б) набивать чучело животного или птицы, делать работу таксидермиста в) кулин. начинять, фаршировать( into) г) объедаться, жадно есть;
прям. перен. закармливать, кормить на убой д) затыкать (тж. stuff up) ;
мед. пломбировать зуб He stuffed his fingers into his ears. ≈ Он заткнул уши пальцами. My nose is stuffed up. ≈ У меня нос заложен. Syn: block up
1), bung up
1), seal up
2), stop up
1)
2) а) перен. набивать, переполнять б) втискивать, засовывать в) амер. наполнять избирательные урны фальшивыми бюллетенями
3) разг. мистифицировать, обманывать, вешать лапшу на уши
материал;
вещество — raw * сырье — carpenter’s * лесоматериалы — thick * брусья — the * for paper-making бумажная масса — * for an article материал для статьи — what * is this made of? из чего это сделано? (собирательнле) съедобное — green /garden/ * овощи — sweet * сласти человеческий материал;
природные задатки — * of greatness задатки будущего величия — * of manhood признаки возмужания — he is not the * of which heroes are made он не из тех, из кого выходят герои — he is made of sterner * than she у него более решительный характер, чем у нее — he is a man with plenty of good * in him он обладает множеством достоинств вещь, штука — what is this *? что это такое? — this book is good * это хорошая книга — they tried to sell me some * I don’t need они пытались навязать мне какие-то товары, которые мне совершенно не нужны вещи, имущество — put your * in the bag положите свои вещи в сумку — get out my fishing * and kitbag достань мои рыболовные принадлежности и вещевой мешок( разговорное) лекарство;
микстура (тж. medical *, doctor’s *) — you take too much doctor’s * вы слишком увлекаетесь лекарствами;
вы принимаете слишком много лекарств — he rubbed some * on the burn он помазал ожог какой-то мазью материя, ткань, особ. шерстяная дрянь, чепуха, ерунда, хлам — what *! что за чушь!, что за глупости! — do you call this * wine? неужели вы называете эту дрянь вином? — what * he writes! какую чепуху он пишет! — these books are not the usual /ordinary/ run-of-the-mill * это хорошие книги, а не чтиво( разговорное) манеры, поведение — he gave them the big-town * он им показал, как ведут себя в большом городе — I don’t want any rough * from you я не желаю терпеть от вас грубости /хамства/ — don’t give me any of that *! я и слушать это не хочу! — that’s kid * (пренебрежительное) это разговор /занятие/ только для детей (the *) (разговорное) деньги — to be short of the (necessary) * не иметь достаточного количества денег — has she got the *? у нее есть деньги? (жаргон) краденое, краденые вещи (американизм) (сленг) (the *) виски (тж. the good *) — he used to drink but is now off the * он когда-то пил, но теперь завязал (американизм) (сленг) (the *) марихуана;
героин;
наркотик знание;
умение;
квалификация — they’re showing their * они показывают, на что способны /демонстрируют свою ловкость, свои познания и т. п./ предмет( учебная дисциплина) — a teacher who knows his * учитель, знающий свой предмет (техническое) набивка, наполнитель в грам. знач. междометия: вздор!, чепуха!, ерунда! — * and nonsense! чушь!, вздор!, ерунда! > that’s the *! вот это то, что надо! > that’s the * to give (the troops /’em/) (военное) (жаргон) так и надо действовать /поступать/ (с ними) > to do one’s * (сленг) делать свое дело;
поступать так, как уговорились > he knows (how to do) his * он знает свое дело > do your * делай свое дело > and * и все такое прочее;
и прочая чепуха;
и т.д. и т. п. набивать, заполнять, забивать — to * a cushion( with straw) набить подушку (соломой) — to * a coat (with padding) подбить пальто( ватином) начинять, фаршировать — to * fish фаршировать рыбу пломбировать (зуб) забивать (голову) ;
вбивать (в сознание) — to * one’s head with romantic ideas забивать себе голову романтическими идеями — don’t * (up) your head with things you don’t understand не забивайте себе голову вещами, которых вы не понимаете — the silly ideas he had *ed you with глупости, которыми он забил вам голову — to * facts into smb.’s mind вбивать /вколачивать/ факты в чью-л. голову — to * smb. for an exam натаскивать кого-л. к экзамену набивать желудок, жадно есть;
объедаться (тж. * down) — I am *ed full я наелся досыта набивать, заполнять — a drawer *ed with papers ящик стола, набитый бумагами — the room was *ed with people в комнату набилось много народу — his book is *ed with lies его книга насквозь лжива закармливать — to * a goose откармливать гуся, кормить гуся на убой — to * a child with food пичкать ребенка едой втискивать, засовывать, запихивать — to * one’s things into a suit-case запихивать вещи в чемодан — to * a handkerchief into one’s pocket сунуть носовой платок в карман — to * one’s hands into one’s pockets засунуть руки в карманы — I was *ed between them меня втиснули между ними (тж. * up) затыкать — to * (up) a hole затыкать отверстие — to * one’s ears with cottonwool затыкать уши ватой (тж. * up) засорять — to * (up) a pipe засорить /забить/ трубу — the filter is *ed up фильтр засорился (тж. * up) закладывать( нос, грудь) — I am *ed (up), my nose is *ed up у меня заложен нос, у меня насморк( сленг) обманывать, мистифицировать — he is only *ing you он вас обманывает, он вас разыгрывает ( американизм) наполнять избирательные урны фальшивыми бюллетенями выделывать кожу набивать чучело (животного) (спортивное) забивать гол с близкого расстояния > * today and starve tomorrow (пословица) разом густо, разом пусто > to * smth. down smb.’s throat насильно пичкать чем-л. > get *ed! (грубое) иди ты!, отвяжись > * it (грубое) пошел ты с этим делом — знаешь куда?
~ материал;
вещество;
to collect the stuff for a book собирать материал для книги;
green (или garden) stuff овощи
~ дрянь, хлам, чепуха;
stuff and nonsense! вздор!;
do you call this stuff butter? неужели вы называете эту дрянь маслом?
~ материал;
вещество;
to collect the stuff for a book собирать материал для книги;
green (или garden) stuff овощи
he is made of sterner ~ than his father у него более решительный характер, чем у его отца
~ затыкать (тж. stuff up) ;
he stuffed his fingers into his ears он заткнул уши пальцами;
my nose is stuffed up у меня нос заложен
a man with plenty of good ~ in him человек больших достоинств;
this book is poor stuff это никчемная книжонка
~ затыкать (тж. stuff up) ;
he stuffed his fingers into his ears он заткнул уши пальцами;
my nose is stuffed up у меня нос заложен
small ~ мелочи жизни, пустяки
stuff вещи, имущество ~ втискивать, засовывать;
to stuff one’s clothes into a suitcase запихивать вещи в чемодан ~ дрянь, хлам, чепуха;
stuff and nonsense! вздор!;
do you call this stuff butter? неужели вы называете эту дрянь маслом? ~ закармливать, кормить на убой;
to stuff a child with sweets пичкать ребенка сладостями ~ затыкать (тж. stuff up) ;
he stuffed his fingers into his ears он заткнул уши пальцами;
my nose is stuffed up у меня нос заложен ~ разг. лекарство (тж. doctor’s stuff) ~ материал;
вещество;
to collect the stuff for a book собирать материал для книги;
green (или garden) stuff овощи ~ уст. материя (особ. шерстяная) ~ разг. мистифицировать, обманывать ~ набивать, переполнять (тж. перен.) ;
to stuff one’s head with silly ideas забивать себе голову глупыми идеями ~ набивать, заполнять;
начинять, фаршировать ~ набивать чучело животного или птицы ~ тех. набивка, наполнитель ~ амер. наполнять избирательные урны фальшивыми бюллетенями ~ объедаться;
жадно есть ~ пломбировать зуб
~ закармливать, кормить на убой;
to stuff a child with sweets пичкать ребенка сладостями
~ дрянь, хлам, чепуха;
stuff and nonsense! вздор!;
do you call this stuff butter? неужели вы называете эту дрянь маслом?
~ втискивать, засовывать;
to stuff one’s clothes into a suitcase запихивать вещи в чемодан
~ набивать, переполнять (тж. перен.) ;
to stuff one’s head with silly ideas забивать себе голову глупыми идеями
~ sl. обращение, поведение;
this is the sort of stuff to give them только так и надо поступать с ними;
они не заслуживают лучшего обращения
a man with plenty of good ~ in him человек больших достоинств;
this book is poor stuff это никчемная книжонка
~ sl. обращение, поведение;
this is the sort of stuff to give them только так и надо поступать с ними;
они не заслуживают лучшего обращения
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > stuff
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stuff
Англо-русский синонимический словарь > stuff
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stuff
1. n материал; вещество
2. n собир. съедобное
3. n человеческий материал; природные задатки
4. n вещь, штука
5. n вещи, имущество
6. n разг. лекарство; микстура
7. n материя, ткань,
8. n дрянь, чепуха, ерунда, хлам
9. n разг. манеры, поведение
10. n разг. деньги
11. n вор. жарг. краденое, краденые вещи
12. n виски
13. n марихуана; героин; наркотик
14. n знание; умение; квалификация
15. n предмет
16. n тех. набивка, наполнитель
17. n вздор!, чепуха!, ерунда!
18. v набивать, заполнять, забивать
19. v начинять, фаршировать
20. v пломбировать
21. v забивать; вбивать
22. v набивать желудок, жадно есть; объедаться
23. v закармливать
24. v втискивать, засовывать, запихивать
25. v затыкать
26. v засорять
27. v закладывать
I am stuffed, my nose is stuffed up — у меня заложен нос, у меня насморк
28. v сл. обманывать, мистифицировать
29. v амер. наполнять избирательные урны фальшивыми бюллетенями
30. v выделывать кожу
31. v набивать чучело
32. v спорт. забивать гол с близкого расстояния
Синонимический ряд:
2. heart (noun) be-all and end-all; bottom; core; essence; essentiality; gist; heart; kernel; marrow; meat; nub; pith; quintessence; quintessential; rock bottom; root; soul; spirit; virtuality
3. money (noun) cash; currency; dough; filthy lucre; legal tender; loot; lucre; money; needful; pelf; rhino; rocks; swag
4. nonsense (noun) absurdity; balderdash; bilge; blather; bunk; drivel; garbage; idiocy; inanity; nonsense; piffle; poppycock; rigmarole; rubbish; tomfoolery; trash; twaddle; waste
6. substance (noun) capabilities; character; fabric; material; matter; qualities; substance; timber
7. thing (noun) being; entity; individual; object; thing
8. things (noun) beings; entities; individuals; objects; substances; things
9. fill (verb) congest; cram; crowd; cushion; fill; glut; jam; jam-pack; load; mob; pack; pad; press; ram; stow; tamp
English-Russian base dictionary > stuff
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stuff
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n
We’ll go to Irene’s. Classiest stuff, girls all sizes, all colors — Мы пойдем к Ирен. У нее девочки что надо, на любой вкус
II
BrE infml
III
vt
If he was stuffing this dumb bunny all this time, there was going to be trouble — Если он все это время трахал ту дурочку, то скандала не избежать
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > stuff
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stuff
1) материал; вещество; to collect the stuff for a book собирать материал для книги; green (или garden) stuff овощи; he is made of sterner stuff than his father у него более решительный характер, чем у его отца; a man with plenty of good stuff in him человек больших достоинств; this book is poor stuff это никчемная книжонка
2) вещи, имущество
3)
collocation
лекарство (
тж.
doctor’s stuff)
4) дрянь, хлам, чепуха; stuff and nonsense! вздор!; do you call this stuff butter? неужели вы называете эту дрянь маслом?
5)
obsolete
материя (особ. шерстяная)
6)
tech.
набивка, наполнитель
7)
slang
обращение, поведение; this is the sort of stuff to give them только так и надо поступать с ними; они не заслуживают лучшего обращения
small stuff мелочи жизни, пустяки
1) набивать, заполнять; начинять, фаршировать
2) набивать чучело животного или птицы
3) набивать, переполнять (
тж. перен.
); to stuff one’s head with silly ideas забивать себе голову глупыми идеями
4) втискивать, засовывать; to stuff one’s clothes into a suitcase запихивать вещи в чемодан
5) затыкать (
тж.
stuff up); he stuffed his fingers into his ears он заткнул уши пальцами; my nose is stuffed up у меня нос заложен
6) объедаться; жадно есть
7) закармливать, кормить на убой; to stuff a child with sweets пичкать ребенка сладостями
пломбировать зуб
9)
collocation
мистифицировать, обманывать
10)
amer.
наполнять избирательные урны фальшивыми бюллетенями
* * *
(n) вещество; материал
* * *
вещество, материал, материя
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[ stʌf]
материал, вещество, вещи, имущество, материя, лекарство, шерстяная материя, дрянь, чепуха, хлам
набивать, заполнять; начинять, фаршировать, пломбировать (зуб); объедаться, закармливать, засовывать, затыкать; обманывать, мистифицировать
* * *
вещество
вещи
имущество
материал
пломбировать
* * *
1. сущ.
1) а) материя (особ. шерстяная), ткань, пошивочный материал
б) материал
в) спец. строительный материал
2) а) дрянь
б) разг. сочинительства, никчемные произведения (особ. литературные)
3) штука, штуковина, также универсальный гипероним
4) а) разг. лекарство
б) сленг наркотики
5) тех. набивка
2. гл.
1) а) набивать, напихивать
б) (о материале) служить набивкой, использоваться для набивки
в) сленг заполнять грузом контейнер
2) а) набивать чучело животного или птицы; делать работу таксидермиста
б) кулинар. начинять, фаршировать (into)
в) затыкать (тж. stuff up); мед. пломбировать зуб
3) а) объедаться, жадно есть
б) прям. перен. закармливать, кормить на убой
4) а) перен. набивать, переполнять; (о речи) ‘перегружать’
б) втискивать
Новый англо-русский словарь > stuff
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stuff
[stʌf]
1.
сущ.
1)
а) материал, состав, вещество
He is made of sterner stuff than his father. — У него более решительный характер, чем у его отца.
б) материал, субстанция
2)
брит. материал для вязания
а) дрянь, хлам, фигня
This book is poor stuff. — Это никчёмная книжонка.
Syn:
б) чепуха, болтовня
4) штука, штуковина; всё такое прочее
This is the sort of stuff to give them. — Только так и надо поступать с ними; они не заслуживают лучшего обращения.
Apples, oranges, this kind of stuff. — Так, апельсины, яблоки, всякое такое.
5)
а)
; = doctor’s stuff состав, лекарство
Your very kind letter did me more good, I think, than any of my doctor’s stuff. (Warner) — Думаю, что твоё приветливое письмо помогло мне больше, чем любая микстура.
He was on the stuff. — Он сидел на игле.
Syn:
6)
тех.
набивка, наполнитель
7)
а)
шотл.
запасы продовольствия
б) личная собственность; имущество, вещи
Syn:
а)
разг.
обращение, поведение
б) характер, натура, внутренние качества, свойство
There is some good football stuff in that player. — Этот игрок прирождённый футболист.
9) продукты, напитки
green / garden stuff — овощи
Syn:
11)
а) что-л. украденное или провезённое контрабандой
б) оборудование, оснащение, оснастка; уст. военное снаряжение
Syn:
2.
гл.
1)
а) набивать; запихивать, засовывать
I simply can’t stuff any more clothes into this case. — Я просто не могу больше ничего запихнуть в этот чемодан.
She stuffed her things into a suitcase. — Она запихнула свои вещи в чемодан
They stuffed their suitcases with all sorts of things. — Они набили свои чемоданы кучей всяких вещей.
б)
разг.
заполнять грузом контейнер
Those containers must be stuffed with miscellaneous general stuff. — Эти контейнеры следует заполнить всяким смешанным грузом.
2) служить набивкой, использоваться для набивки
3)
б)
кул.
начинять, фаршировать
Stuff the rabbits and roast them. — Нафаршируйте тушки кроликов и зажарьте их в духовке.
4) затыкать
He stuffed his fingers into his ears. — Он заткнул уши пальцами.
My nose is stuffed up. — У меня нос заложен.
Syn:
6)
а) объедаться, жадно есть
б) закармливать, кормить на убой прям. и перен.
Syn:
7)
а) переполнять, перегружать
б) втискивать, засовывать
He was standing with hands stuffed into his front pockets. — Он стоял, засунув руки в передние карманы.
Syn:
толпиться, тесниться; заполнять
The long waggon hired for the day, was stuffed with black damsels. (C. Rose) — Длинный крытый фургон, взятый напрокат на день, был до отказа заполнен негритянскими девушками.
Syn:
9)
а)
разг.
мистифицировать, разыгрывать; обманывать, вешать лапшу на уши
Syn:
б)
амер.
наполнять избирательные урны фальшивыми бюллетенями
The interval had been devoted to stuffing the ballot-boxes. (Q. Rev.) — А перерыв был использован для того, чтобы наполнить избирательные урны фальшивыми бюллетенями.
Англо-русский современный словарь > stuff
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stuff
Large English-Russian phrasebook > stuff
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stuff
Англо-русский текстильный словар > stuff
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stuff
Англо-русский текстильный словар > stuff
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stuff
1. материал; вещество
2. наполнитель; наполнять
3. бумажная масса
English-Russian big polytechnic dictionary > stuff
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stuff
The Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary. > stuff
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stuff
1) материал; вещество
2) сырьё; полуфабрикат
7) устанавливать [монтировать] компоненты
наполнитель; пищ. набивочный материал || наполнять; пищ. набивать
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Англо-русский словарь технических терминов > stuff
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English stuffen (“to equip, furnish”), borrowed from Old French estoffer, estofer (“to provide what is necessary, equip, stuff”), borrowed from Old High German stoffōn, from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn (“to clog up, block, fill”). More at stop.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /stʌf/
- Rhymes: -ʌf
Noun[edit]
stuff (usually uncountable, plural stuffs)
- (informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
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What is all that stuff on your bedroom floor? He didn’t want his pockets to bulge so he was walking around with all his stuff in his hands.
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1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart; Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 01:
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The Bat—they called him the Bat. […]. He’d never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn’t run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn’t swear he knew his face.
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- (obsolete, uncountable) Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
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1611, Bible, 1 Samuel 25:13, KJV:
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and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
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1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI:
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He took away locks, and gave away the king’s stuff.
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- (informal) Unspecified things or matters.
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I had to do some stuff.
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- The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
- Synonyms: matter, ingredients, constituents; see also Thesaurus:substance
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1697, John Davies, A Poem on the Immortality of the Soul:
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The workman on his stuff his skill doth show, / And yet the stuff gives not the man his skill.
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2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist[1], volume 408, number 8847:
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The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).
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- 1887, Indian Cookery «Local» for Young Housekeepers: Second Edition (page 67)
- Pound an onion, warm a spoonful of ghee and throw in the onion, brown it slightly, add your curry stuff, brown this till it smells pleasantly, […]
- (archaic) A material for making clothing; any woven textile, but especially a woollen fabric.
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1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 51:
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Without waiting for a reply, she unbound the veil from her head, and took off the loose black novice’s robe, which she had put over a gray stuff dress similar to that worn by Lucy.
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1857, The National Magazine, volumes 10-11, page 350:
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«And you can buy a dress for your wife off this piece of stuff,» said Lisetta, who had always an eye to business.
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1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007:
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She was going out to buy some lengths of good woollen stuff for Louise’s winter dresses.
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- (archaic) Boards used for building.
- Abstract/figurative substance or character.
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1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], line 91–94:
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When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; / Ambition should be made of sterner stuff
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- Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff[1].
- (informal) Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.
- Synonyms: doodad, thingamabob; see also Thesaurus:thingy
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Can I have some of that stuff on my ice-cream sundae?
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1935, George Goodchild, chapter 3, in Death on the Centre Court:
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It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. […] You stand by, Janet, and wake me up if they do any of that running commentary stuff.”
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- (slang) Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.
- Synonyms: dope, gear; see also Thesaurus:recreational drug
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1947, William Burroughs, letter, 11 March:
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For some idiotic reason the bureaucrats are more opposed to tea than to stuff.
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1975, Mary Sanches, Ben G. Blount, Sociocultural Dimensions of Language Use, page 47:
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For example, one addict would crack shorts (break and enter cars) and usually obtain just enough stolen goods to buy stuff and get off just before getting sick.
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- (obsolete) A medicine or mixture; a potion.
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1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v], page 397, column 1:
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I […] did compound for her / A certaine ſtuffe, which being tane, would ceaſe / The preſent powre of life […] .
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- (sometimes euphemistic) Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language.
- Synonyms: garbage, rubbish, nonsense, stuff and nonsense; see also Thesaurus:trash, Thesaurus:nonsense
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Don’t give me any of that ‘what-about’ stuff!
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1876, Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark […] , London: Macmillan, Fit the Fourth. The Hunting:
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But the Butcher turned nervous, and dressed himself fine, / With yellow kid gloves and a ruff— / Said he felt it exactly like going to dine, / Which the Bellman declared was all «stuff.»
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1912, Upton Sinclair, The Machine[2]:
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Oh, stuff, Julia! I’ve given up chasing after will-o’-the-wisps like that.
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- (nautical) A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
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1785, Pamphlets on British Shipping. 1785-1861, page 36:
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The master, at my earnest solicitation, examined his vessel, and though he prefers the coal tar, yet he told me, there were shells sticking on, and that a very thin coat of stuff, if any, remained.
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1822, William Annesley, A New System of Naval Architecture, page 31:
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On the last transverse planking, after: caulking and paying, he has laid on a coat of stuff, so hard when cold aš to resist a firm touch, and applied plain paper, then took heated band irons (such as women use) , and passed the iron from the centre of the sheet to the extremities, thus heating the stuff to make it adhere, pressing out the air, and laying it all flat and united with the course.
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2012, Thomas Williams, American Honor: The Story of Admiral Charles Stewart, page 561:
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While the ships were placed in ordinary “a thick coat of stuff” was applied to the hulls, and their awnings might be spread or sheds erected to provide some protection from sun and weather.
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- (slang, criminal argot, dated) Money.
Usage notes[edit]
- The textile sense is increasingly specialized and sounds dated in everyday contexts. In the UK and Commonwealth it designates the cloth from which legal and academic gowns are made, except for the gowns of Queen’s/King’s/State Counsel, which are (often in contradistinction) made of silk.
Synonyms[edit]
- (Placeholder name) See Thesaurus:thingy
Derived terms[edit]
- breadstuff
- don’t sweat the small stuff
- dyestuff
- feeding stuff, feedingstuff
- feedstuff
- folding stuff
- foodstuff
- kid stuff
- made of sterner stuff
- right stuff
- sourstuff
- stuff and nonsense
- stuffaroni
- stuffing
- waterstuff
Descendants[edit]
- → Irish: stuif
Translations[edit]
miscellaneous items; things
- Bengali: সামান (bn) (saman)
- Bulgarian: ве́щи (bg) m pl (véšti)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 嘢 (yue) (je5)
- Mandarin: 東西／东西 (zh) (dōngxi)
- Dutch: spul (nl), goedje (nl) m, waar (nl) m, stof (nl) m
- French: truc (fr)
- Galician: cousas f pl, murriada f, matarutaxe f, zurrumalla f, zapicada f, trapallada (gl) f
- German: Sachen (de) pl, Kram (de) m, Zeug (de) n, Ding (de) n
- Alemannic German: Züüg n
- Greek: πράγματα (el) n pl (prágmata)
- Hebrew: חומר חֹמֶר (he) m pl (khómer)
- Hungarian: cucc (hu), dolog (hu), vacak (hu), (slang or vulgar) szar (hu)
- Irish: stuif m or f
- Italian: cose (it) pl, roba (it) f
- Moroccan Amazigh: ⵡⴰⵏⵏⴰⴷ m (wannad), ⵜⴰⵏⵏⴰⴷ f (tannad), ⵡⵉⵏⵏⴰⴷ m pl (winnad), ⵜⵉⵏⵏⴰⴷ f pl (tinnad)
- Norwegian: ting (no), saker pl
- Polish: rzeczy pl, bambetle (pl) pl
- Portuguese: coisas (pt) f pl, negócio (pt)
- Romanian: lucruri (ro) n pl, chestii (ro) f pl
- Russian: добро́ (ru) (dobró), ве́щи (ru) f pl (véšči)
- Spanish: cosas (es) f pl, bártulos (es)
- Swedish: saker (sv) c pl
- Turkish: şey (tr), şeyler (tr) pl
- Vietnamese: đồ (vi)
- Zazaki: hımın
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
- Bulgarian: материя (bg) f (materija), вещество (bg) n (veštestvo)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 材料 (zh) (cáiliào), 東西／东西 (zh) (dōngxi)
- German: Stoff (de) m
- Greek: ουσία (el) f (ousía)
- Ancient: ὕλη f (húlē)
- Hebrew: חומר חֹמֶר (he) m pl (khómer)
- Hungarian: anyag (hu)
- Irish: mianach m
- Italian: tessuto (it) m, stoffa (it) f
- Japanese: 原料 (ja) (げんりょう, genryō), 材料 (ja) (ざいりょう, zairyō), 素材 (ja) (そざい, sozai)
- Latin: māteria (la) f
- Malay: barang (ms)
- Norwegian: stoff (no) n, materiale (no) n
- Portuguese: material (pt) m
- Russian: вещество́ (ru) n (veščestvó)
- Swedish: stoff (sv) c, material (sv) n, stoppning (sv) c
- Turkish: hammadde (tr)
Translations to be checked
- Arabic: (please verify) شيء (ar) (šayʾ)
- Dutch: (please verify) materiaal (nl) n
- French: (please verify) substance (fr) f (1), (please verify) machin (fr) m (2), (please verify) truc (fr) m (2)
- German: (please verify) Material (de) n, (please verify) Stoff (de) m, (please verify) Zeug (de) n
- Italian: (please verify) roba (it) f (1), (please verify) cose (it) f pl (2)
- Korean: (please verify) 재료 (ko) (jaeryo)
- Spanish: (please verify) materia (es) f
Verb[edit]
stuff (third-person singular simple present stuffs, present participle stuffing, simple past and past participle stuffed)
- (transitive) To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.
- I’m going to stuff this pillow with feathers.
- (transitive) To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.
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He stuffed his clothes into the closet and shut the door.
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1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
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Put them [roses] into a […] glass, with narrow mouths, stuffing them close together […] and [they] retain […] smell […] [and] colour.
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1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit:
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The Rabbit could not claim to be a model of anything, for he didn’t know that real rabbits existed; he thought they were all stuffed with sawdust like himself, and he understood that sawdust was quite out-of-date and should never be mentioned in modern circles.
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2004, Orson Scott Card, The Crystal City: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Book Six, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, page 241:
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It’s our life you’re taking, you’re making us poor, you have no right, these slaves are ours, until Marie wanted to fill their mouths with cotton, all the cotton that had ever been picked by their slaves, just stuff it down their mouths until they were as fat and soft as the huge pillows they slept on while their slaves slept on hard boards and straw in filthy rat-infested cabins.
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2007, Iceland Review, H.J. Hamar, page 227:
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You can’t just stuff it in a vault somewhere and cross your fingers.
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2011, Shirley G. East, The Dream Hunters Epoch: The Paleo Indians Series, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 528:
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“I will sort this stuff out and repack it.” “No time! Just stuff it inside baskets and shove them to the back. We can sort through it all later.”
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- (transitive, cooking) To fill with seasoning.
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She stuffed the turkey for Thanksgiving using her secret recipe.
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- (transitive) To load goods into (a container) for transport.
- (transitive, used in the passive) To sate.
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I’m stuffed after having eaten all that turkey, mashed potatoes and delicious stuffing.
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- (takes a reflexive pronoun) To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.
- Synonyms: fill one’s face, feed one’s face, stuff one’s face
- She sits on the sofa all day, watching TV and stuffing herself with cream buns.
- (transitive, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) To break; to destroy.
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He skidded off the road and totally stuffed his brand new car.
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- (transitive, vulgar, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) To sexually penetrate.
- Synonyms: fuck, root, screw
- His wife came home early and found him on the couch stuffing the maid.
- (transitive, mildly vulgar, often imperative) Used to contemptuously dismiss or reject something. See also stuff it.
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Stuff your stupid rules, I’ll do what I like.
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2009, Matthew Hall, The Coroner, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 218:
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Jenny nodded in sympathy, spotting Ali’s new iPod speakers sitting on top of the TV. Simone smiled and coughed. ‘He forgot to take them with him. He can stuff it, it was my money.’
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2009, Tom Holt, Here Comes The Sun, Hachette UK, →ISBN, page 80:
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‘Well,’ she said, ‘you can take your job and you can stuff it, because…’ She stopped dead. ‘My God,’ she whispered, ‘I’ve been wanting to say that to somebody all my life, and now I actually have. Whee!’ She pulled herself together, straightened her back and picked up her handbag. ‘Sorry,’ she said, ‘but I’m through.’
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2015, Chris Dunning, About a Village Boy: A memoir, Troubador Publishing, →ISBN, page 91:
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And it rained everyday and the seas were rough everyday and I felt ill everyday and I thought, if this is sailing you can stuff it!
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- (informal) To heavily defeat or get the better of.
- Mudchester Rovers were stuffed 7-0 in the semi-final.
- They totally stuffed us in that business deal.
- (transitive) To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre.
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I got stuffed by that guy on the supermoto going into that turn, almost causing us to crash.
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- To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.
- (transitive) To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
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1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
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I’m stuffed, cousin; I cannot smell.
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- (transitive) To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
- 1724, Jonathan Swift, Drapier’s Letters, 5
- An Eastern king put a judge to death for an iniquitous sentence, and ordered his hide to be stuffed into a cushion, and placed upon the tribunal.
- 1724, Jonathan Swift, Drapier’s Letters, 5
- (transitive, dated) To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.
- (transitive, computing) To compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later.
Derived terms[edit]
- stuff one’s face
- stuff the ballot box
- stuff up
- stuff-up
- stuff you
- stuffed
- stuffed up
- stuffing
- stuffy
- get stuffed
Translations[edit]
to fill by crowding into
- Aromanian: ndes
- Bulgarian: тъпча (bg) (tǎpča)
- Burmese: သိပ် (my) (sip)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 充塞 (zh) (chōngsè)
- Danish: stoppe, opfylde
- Dutch: proppen (nl), vrotten
- Esperanto: farĉi
- Finnish: täyttää (fi); sulloa täyteen (to fill up disorderly)
- French: bourrer (fr), farcir (fr), fourrer (fr), truffer (fr)
- German: ausstopfen (de), füllen (de) (food)
- Alemannic German: schtungge
- Greek: γεμίζω (el) (gemízo), παραγεμίζω (el) (paragemízo)
- Hebrew: מלא (he) (milé)
- Hungarian: töm (hu)
- Ido: burizar (io)
- Italian: farcire (it)
- Japanese: 詰める (ja) (つめる, tsumeru)
- Ladino: inchir, reyenar (food)
- Latin: farciō
- Lithuanian: kim̃šti (lt)
- Maori: opuru
- Neapolitan: abbuffà
- Norwegian: stappe, fylle (no)
- Polish: wypchać, napchać, nadziewać (pl) impf, nadziać (pl) pf
- Portuguese: entupir (pt)
- Romanian: înfunda (ro), înghesui (ro), îndesa (ro), îndopa (ro), îmbuiba (ro)
- Russian: набива́ть (ru) impf (nabivátʹ), наби́ть (ru) pf (nabítʹ), заполня́ть (ru) impf (zapolnjátʹ), запо́лнить (ru) pf (zapólnitʹ), фарширова́ть (ru) impf (farširovátʹ) (food)
- Spanish: atiborrar (es), rellenar (es) (food)
- Swedish: fylla (sv), stoppa (sv)
- Telugu: కుక్కు (te) (kukku), కూరు (te) (kūru)
- Vietnamese: nhét (vi), nhồi (vi)
to be sated
- Bulgarian: засищам се (zasištam se)
- Finnish: olla täynnä
- Greek: παρατρώω (el) (paratróo), φουσκώνω (el) (fouskóno)
- Hebrew: שבע (he) (savá)
- Hungarian: tele (hu), jóllakott (hu)
- Italian: essere pieno, essere satollo
- Japanese: 満たす (ja) (みたす, mitasu)
- Russian: насытиться (ru) pf (nasytitʹsja), быть сытым
- Spanish: llenar (es)
to break
- Finnish: rikkoa (fi), särkeä (fi)
- French: péter (fr), déglinguer (fr)
- Hebrew: נשבר (nishbár)
- Hungarian: összetört, eltörött, törött (hu)
- Japanese: 壊れる (ja) (kowareru)
- Russian: слома́ться (ru) pf (slomátʹsja)
to preserve a dead animal
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Belarusian: please add this translation if you can
- Bulgarian: препарирам (prepariram)
- Catalan: dissecar (ca)
- Danish: udstoppe
- Dutch: opzetten (nl)
- Finnish: täyttää (fi)
- French: empailler (fr)
- German: ausstopfen (de)
- Hebrew: פחלץ (he) (pikhléts)
- Italian: impagliare (it)
- Polish: wypychać, faszerować (pl)
- Portuguese: empalhar
- Russian: набива́ть (ru) impf (nabivátʹ), наби́ть (ru) pf (nabítʹ)
- Spanish: disecar (es)
- Swedish: stoppa upp (sv)
- Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
to obstruct the organs of sense or respiration
computing: to compress in the StuffIt format
- Finnish: pakata (fi)
Translations to be checked
- Dutch: (please verify) vullen (nl)
- French: (please verify) mettre (fr), (please verify) foutre (fr)
- Italian: (please verify) fottere (it)
- Norman: (please verify) stoffer (Jersey)
- Slovene: (please verify) basati
- Spanish: (please verify) rellenar (es)
References[edit]
- ^ 1874, Edward H. Knight, American Mechanical Dictionary
- stuff at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “stuff”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
- Tuffs, tuffs
stuff
(stŭf)
n.
1. The material out of which something is made or formed; substance.
2. The essential substance or elements; essence: «We are such stuff / As dreams are made on» (Shakespeare).
3. Informal
a. Unspecified material: Put that stuff over there.
b. Household or personal articles considered as a group.
c. Worthless objects.
4. Slang Specific talk or actions: Don’t give me that stuff about being tired.
5. Sports
a. The control a player has over a ball, especially to give it spin, english, curve, or speed.
b. The spin, english, curve, or speed imparted to a ball: «where we could watch the stuff, mainly curves, that the pitchers were putting on the ball» (James Henry Gray).
6. Basketball A dunk shot.
7. Special capability: The team really showed its stuff and won the championship.
8. Chiefly British Woven material, especially woolens.
9. Slang Money; cash.
10. Slang A drug, especially one that is illegal or habit-forming.
v. stuffed, stuff·ing, stuffs
v.tr.
1.
a. To pack (a container) tightly; cram: stuff a Christmas stocking.
b. To block (a passage); plug: stuff a crack with caulking.
c. Basketball To block (a shot or an opponent who is shooting), especially before the ball leaves the shooter’s hands.
2.
a. To place forcefully into a container or space; thrust: stuffed laundry into the bag.
b. Sports To shoot (a ball or puck) forcefully into the goal from close range.
c. Basketball To dunk (the ball).
3.
a. To fill with an appropriate stuffing: stuff a pillow.
b. To fill (an animal skin) to restore its natural form for mounting or display.
4. To cram with food.
5. To fill (the mind): His head is stuffed with silly notions.
6. To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).
7. To apply a preservative and softening agent to (leather).
v.intr.
To overeat; gorge.
Idioms:
stuff it Vulgar Slang
Used as an intensive to express extreme anger, frustration, or disgust.
stuff (one’s) face Slang
To eat greedily.
[Middle English, from Old French estoffe, from estoffer, to equip, of Germanic origin.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
stuff
(stʌf)
vb (mainly tr)
1. to pack or fill completely; cram
2. (intr) to eat large quantities
3. to force, shove, or squeeze: to stuff money into a pocket.
4. (Cookery) to fill (food such as poultry or tomatoes) with a stuffing
5. (Zoology) to fill (an animal’s skin) with material so as to restore the shape of the live animal
6. slang to have sexual intercourse with (a woman)
7. (Tanning) tanning to treat (an animal skin or hide) with grease
8. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) US and Canadian to fill (a ballot box) with a large number of fraudulent votes
9. (Commerce) (in marine transport) to pack (a container). See also stuffing and stripping
10. slang to ruin, frustrate, or defeat
n
11. the raw material or fabric of something
12. (Textiles) woollen cloth or fabric
13. any general or unspecified substance or accumulation of objects
14. stupid or worthless actions, speech, ideas, etc
15. subject matter, skill, etc: he knows his stuff.
16. (Banking & Finance) a slang word for money
17. (Recreational Drugs) slang a drug, esp cannabis
18. slang Brit a girl or woman considered sexually (esp in the phrase bit of stuff)
19. do one’s stuff informal to do what is expected of one
20. that’s the stuff that is what is needed
[C14: from Old French estoffe, from estoffer to furnish, provide, of Germanic origin; related to Middle High German stopfen to cram full]
ˈstuffer n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
stuff
(stʌf)
n.
1. the material of which anything is made.
2. material to be worked upon or to be used in making something.
3. material, objects, or items of some unspecified kind.
4. property, as personal belongings or equipment.
5. something to be swallowed, as food, drink, or medicine.
6. inward character, qualities, or capabilities: to have the right stuff in one.
7. action or talk of a particular kind: kid stuff.
8. a specialty or special skill: to do one’s stuff.
9. worthless things or matter.
10. worthless or foolish ideas, talk, or writing: a lot of stuff and nonsense.
11. Chiefly Brit. woven material or fabric, esp. wool.
12. Informal.
a. a baseball pitcher’s repertoire of pitches and effectiveness in using it.
b. spin or speed imparted to a ball, as by a baseball pitcher or tennis player.
13. literary, musical, or other compositions or performances.
14. Informal. one’s trade, skill, subject, etc.: She knows her stuff.
15. Slang. a drug, esp. an illicit one.
v.t.
16. to fill (a receptacle, aperture, etc.), esp. by packing the contents closely together.
17. to thrust or cram (something) into a receptacle, cavity, or the like.
18. to fill or line with some kind of material as a padding or packing.
19. to fill or cram with food.
20. to fill (poultry, vegetables, etc.) with a stuffing.
21. to fill the preserved skin of (a dead animal) with material, retaining its natural form and appearance for display.
22. to put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).
23. to pack tightly in a confined place; crowd together.
24. to crowd (a vehicle, room, etc.) with persons.
25. to fill (the mind) with facts, details, etc.
26. to stop up or plug; block or choke (usu. fol. by up).
v.i.
27. to cram oneself with food; gorge.
[1300–50; (v.) < Old French estoffer literally, to stuff < Frankish *stopfōn,*stoppōn (see stop); (n.) Middle English < Old French estoffe, derivative of the v.]
Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
stuff
Past participle: stuffed
Gerund: stuffing
| Imperative |
|---|
| stuff |
| stuff |
| Present |
|---|
| I stuff |
| you stuff |
| he/she/it stuffs |
| we stuff |
| you stuff |
| they stuff |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I stuffed |
| you stuffed |
| he/she/it stuffed |
| we stuffed |
| you stuffed |
| they stuffed |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am stuffing |
| you are stuffing |
| he/she/it is stuffing |
| we are stuffing |
| you are stuffing |
| they are stuffing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have stuffed |
| you have stuffed |
| he/she/it has stuffed |
| we have stuffed |
| you have stuffed |
| they have stuffed |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was stuffing |
| you were stuffing |
| he/she/it was stuffing |
| we were stuffing |
| you were stuffing |
| they were stuffing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had stuffed |
| you had stuffed |
| he/she/it had stuffed |
| we had stuffed |
| you had stuffed |
| they had stuffed |
| Future |
|---|
| I will stuff |
| you will stuff |
| he/she/it will stuff |
| we will stuff |
| you will stuff |
| they will stuff |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have stuffed |
| you will have stuffed |
| he/she/it will have stuffed |
| we will have stuffed |
| you will have stuffed |
| they will have stuffed |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be stuffing |
| you will be stuffing |
| he/she/it will be stuffing |
| we will be stuffing |
| you will be stuffing |
| they will be stuffing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been stuffing |
| you have been stuffing |
| he/she/it has been stuffing |
| we have been stuffing |
| you have been stuffing |
| they have been stuffing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been stuffing |
| you will have been stuffing |
| he/she/it will have been stuffing |
| we will have been stuffing |
| you will have been stuffing |
| they will have been stuffing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been stuffing |
| you had been stuffing |
| he/she/it had been stuffing |
| we had been stuffing |
| you had been stuffing |
| they had been stuffing |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would stuff |
| you would stuff |
| he/she/it would stuff |
| we would stuff |
| you would stuff |
| they would stuff |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have stuffed |
| you would have stuffed |
| he/she/it would have stuffed |
| we would have stuffed |
| you would have stuffed |
| they would have stuffed |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  stuff — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; «coal is a hard black material»; «wheat is the stuff they use to make bread»
material substance — the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists; «DNA is the substance of our genes» ballast — any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship bedding material, bedding, litter — material used to provide a bed for animals rind — the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating) precursor — a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction) corpuscle, mote, particle, speck, molecule, atom — (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything ammunition — any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass destruction floc, floccule — a small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid HAZMAT — an abbreviation for `hazardous material’ used on warning signs; «NO HAZMATS IN TUNNEL» aggregate — material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster raw material, staple — material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing sorbate — a material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption sorbent, sorbent material — a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption diamagnet — a substance that exhibits diamagnetism mineral — solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition rock, stone — material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth’s crust; «that mountain is solid rock»; «stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries» adhesive, adhesive agent, adhesive material — a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together sealing material — any substance used to seal joints or fill cracks in a porous surface animal material — material derived from animals fluff — any light downy material bimetal — material made by bonding together sheets of two different metals abradant, abrasive, abrasive material — a substance that abrades or wears down chemical, chemical substance — material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules composite material — strong lightweight material developed in the laboratory; fibers of more than one kind are bonded together chemically conductor — a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat dielectric, insulator, nonconductor — a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity contaminant, contamination — a substance that contaminates particulate, particulate matter — a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant) dust — free microscopic particles of solid material; «astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust» elastomer — any of various elastic materials that resemble rubber (resumes its original shape when a deforming force is removed) earth, ground — the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface; «they dug into the earth outside the church» emission, discharge — a substance that is emitted or released detritus — loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product — any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; «they collect the waste once a week»; «much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers» fiber, fibre — a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn filling, fill — any material that fills a space or container; «there was not enough fill for the trench» foam — a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture homogenate — material that has been homogenized (especially tissue that has been ground and mixed); «liver homogenate» humate — material that is high in humic acids impregnation — material with which something is impregnated; «the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue» paper — a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses packing, packing material, wadding — any material used especially to protect something coloring material, colour, colouring material, color — any material used for its color; «she used a different color for the trim» |
| 2. | stuff — miscellaneous unspecified objects; «the trunk was full of stuff»
object, physical object — a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; «it was full of rackets, balls and other objects» gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget, doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick — something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; «she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket»; «there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use» etcetera — additional unspecified odds and ends; more of the same; «his report was full of etceteras» sundries — miscellaneous objects too numerous or too small to be specified |
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| 3. | stuff — informal terms for personal possessions; «did you take all your clobber?»
clobber personal estate, personal property, personalty, private property — movable property (as distinguished from real estate) |
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| 4. | stuff — senseless talk; «don’t give me that stuff»
hooey, poppycock, stuff and nonsense hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk — a message that seems to convey no meaning jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant — a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); «they don’t speak our lingo» |
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| 5. | stuff — unspecified qualities required to do or be something; «the stuff of heros»; «you don’t have the stuff to be a United States Marine»
quality — an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; «the quality of mercy is not strained»—Shakespeare |
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| 6. | stuff — information in some unspecified form; «it was stuff I had heard before»; «there’s good stuff in that book»
info, information — a message received and understood |
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| 7. | stuff — a critically important or characteristic component; «suspense is the very stuff of narrative»
essence, heart and soul, inwardness, nitty-gritty, pith, substance, gist, kernel, nub, meat, core, sum, marrow, heart, center, centre — the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; «the gist of the prosecutor’s argument»; «the heart and soul of the Republican Party»; «the nub of the story» |
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| Verb | 1. | stuff — cram into a cavity; «The child stuffed candy into his pockets»
chock up, cram, jampack, wad, ram, jam — crowd or pack to capacity; «the theater was jampacked» overstuff — stuff too much; «The pillow was overstuffed» pad, fill out — line or stuff with soft material; «pad a bra» cram — put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled; «cram books into the suitcase» |
| 2. | stuff — press or force; «Stuff money into an envelope»; «She thrust the letter into his hand»
thrust, shove, squeeze push, force — move with force, «He pushed the table into a corner» |
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| 3. |  stuff — obstruct; «My nose is all stuffed»; «Her arteries are blocked»
choke up, lug, block clog, clog up, congest, choke off, foul, back up, choke — become or cause to become obstructed; «The leaves clog our drains in the Fall»; «The water pipe is backed up» loosen up, unstuff — cause to become unblocked; «The medicine unstuffed my nose in minutes!» |
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| 4. |  stuff — overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; «She stuffed herself at the dinner»; «The kids binged on ice cream»
binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, scarf out, satiate eat — eat a meal; take a meal; «We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls»; «I didn’t eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation» |
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| 5. | stuff — treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting; «stuff a bearskin»
impregnate, saturate — infuse or fill completely; «Impregnate the cloth with alcohol» |
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| 6. | stuff — fill tightly with a material; «stuff a pillow with feathers»
farce, stuff — fill with a stuffing while cooking; «Have you stuffed the turkey yet?» cork — stuff with cork; «The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter» fill, fill up, make full — make full, also in a metaphorical sense; «fill a container»; «fill the child with pride» |
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| 7. | stuff — fill with a stuffing while cooking; «Have you stuffed the turkey yet?»
farce cookery, cooking, preparation — the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; «cooking can be a great art»; «people are needed who have experience in cookery»; «he left the preparation of meals to his wife» stuff — fill tightly with a material; «stuff a pillow with feathers» fill, fill up, make full — make full, also in a metaphorical sense; «fill a container»; «fill the child with pride» |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
stuff
noun
1. things, gear, possessions, effects, materials, equipment, objects, tackle, kit, junk, luggage, belongings, trappings, bits and pieces, paraphernalia, clobber (Brit. slang), impedimenta, goods and chattels He pointed to a duffle bag. ‘That’s my stuff.’
2. nonsense, rubbish, rot, trash, bunk (informal), foolishness, humbug, twaddle, tripe (informal), baloney (informal), verbiage, claptrap (informal), bunkum, poppycock (informal), balderdash, pants (slang), bosh (informal), stuff and nonsense, tommyrot Don’t tell me you believe in all that stuff.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
stuff
noun
1. That from which things are or can be made:
Idiom: grist for one’s mill.
2. The most central and material part:
core, essence, gist, heart, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, pith, quintessence, root, soul, spirit, substance.
3. Informal. One’s portable property:
4. The basic substance or essential elements of character that qualify a person for a specified role:
verb
To fill to excess by compressing or squeezing tightly:
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Translations
hmotakrámylátkamastnacpat
farserefyldehabengutmaterialeproppe
aine
stvari
draslefnifataefniseta fyllingu ístoppa upp
もの原料壊れる材料満たす
물질
audumsgrabažasizbāztizejvielaizgatavot izbāzeni
krámyplniť
nabasatinadevatisnovstvari
saker
สิ่งต่างๆ
những thứ
Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
stuff
[ˈstʌf]
vt
to stuff sth with sth (= fill) [+ bag, case, wallet] → bourrer qch de qch
to stuff a bag with sth → bourrer un sac de qch
to stuff sth into a bag → bourrer qch dans un sac
to stuff o.s. (with food) → s’empiffrer
to stuff one’s face → s’en mettre plein la lampe
(= put stuffing in) [+ cushion, mattress, chair, toy] → rembourrer
(COOKERY) [+ chicken, turkey] → farcir; [+ tomato, mushroom, cabbage] → farcir
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
stuff
vr to stuff oneself (with food/on cakes) → sich (mit Essen/Kuchen) vollstopfen (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
stuff1
(staf) noun
1. material or substance. What is that black oily stuff on the beach?; The doctor gave me some good stuff for removing warts; Show them what stuff you’re made of! (= how brave, strong etc you are).
2. (unimportant) matter, things, objects etc. We’ll have to get rid of all this stuff when we move house.
3. an old word for cloth.
know one’s stuff
to be skilful and knowledgeable in one’s chosen subject.
that’s the stuff!
that’s just what is wanted!.
stuff2
(staf) verb
1. to pack or fill tightly, often hurriedly or untidily. His drawer was stuffed with papers; She stuffed the fridge with food; The children have been stuffing themselves with ice-cream.
2. to fill (eg a turkey, chicken etc) with stuffing before cooking.
3. to fill the skin of (a dead animal or bird) to preserve the appearance it had when alive. They stuffed the golden eagle.
ˈstuffing noun
1. material used for stuffing eg toy animals. The teddy-bear had lost its stuffing.
2. a mixture containing eg breadcrumbs, spices, sausage-meat etc, used for stuffing chickens etc.
stuff up
to block. He stuffed the hole up with some newspaper; I’ve got a cold and my nose is stuffed up.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
stuff
→ أَشْيَاء věci sager Stoff πράγματα bártulos, cosas aine trucs stvari roba もの 물질 spul saker og ting rzeczy coisas материал saker สิ่งต่างๆ madde những thứ 物件
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
stuff
n. material, elemento;
vt. embutir, llenar, empaquetar;
to ___ oneself → hartarse.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
Noun
She got out the cooking stuff to bake some cookies.
computers, word processors, and stuff like that
I need a place to store my stuff.
Pick that stuff up off the floor.
Verb
The boy stuffed his pockets with candy.
She stuffed the laundry bag full.
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Recent Examples on the Web
Sooo, Rodeo has been going through some stuff lately.
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Shannon Reed, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2023
This is visceral, scary stuff that understands the physical fear experienced by women since, oh, forever in parking garages, dark streets and, too often, their own homes.
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 30 Mar. 2023
What tripped up so many umps was everything about their work that changed because of it: the temperamental stuff, the long dispositional journey from projecting certainty at all times to embracing their innate fallibility.
—Devin Gordon, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
Taylor Wilson: Yeah, scary stuff for sure.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
Get yourself into accidents just and just have fun discovering cool stuff.
—Josh Chesler, SPIN, 29 Mar. 2023
Another flight attendant on YouTube loves the Béis Convertible Mini Weekender for its ability to hold so much stuff but stay streamlined and not bulky.
—Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2023
So that eliminates weird ego stuff.
—Vulture, 29 Mar. 2023
Rich people have stuff too.
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 29 Mar. 2023
Ky Phong Tran spent the days leading up to Lunar New Year tidying his Torrance home, hanging red and gold decorations and going to the bank to exchange a few hundred dollars for crisp new bills to stuff into red envelopes.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2023
In a lawsuit, JPMorgan claimed that Frank’s young founder, Charlie Javice, had engaged in an elaborate scheme to stuff that list of five million customers with fakery.
—Ron Lieber, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2023
Meanwhile, the original Band Aid all-star recording is one of many Christmas songs which stuff the Official Chart Update, as classics by Brenda Lee, Michael Buble, the Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl, and Bobby Helms rise in the top 10.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2022
Given Trump’s decision to stuff his post-presidency residence with classified documents, not to mention the potential for a 2024 run, the book is exquisitely timed.
—Jacob S. Hacker, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022
For the beauty enthusiasts in your life, stuff their stocking with the Peripera Ink the Velvet Lip Tint.
—Casey Clark, Peoplemag, 17 Dec. 2022
Once you’re done, stuff it with a blanket or any other cozy material to warm up the look.
—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 15 Dec. 2022
When their environment gets too stressful, many bacteria stuff some of their innards into ultratough packets called spores, which shut down and wait—potentially for centuries—for things to improve.
—Elise Cutts, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2022
Gently stuff a light string into the terrarium through the hole in the back, then use twine and small s-hooks to secure the mini lanterns to the branches.
—Sunset Magazine, 10 Dec. 2022
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