| query | If a dead animal is s______, it is filled with a substance so that it can be preserved and displayed.If a dead animal is stuffed, it is filled with a substance so that it can be preserved and displayed. A pike weighing 29 lb 8 oz taken in 1878 was stuffed and is on display at the estate office. He didn't much care for the stuffed animal heads that hung on the walls. |
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| word | stuff |
| full-definition | noun You can use stuff to refer to things such as a substance, a collection of things, events, or ideas, or the contents of something in a general way without mentioning the thing itself by name. I'd like some coffee, and I don't object to the powdered stuff if it's all you've got. I don't know anything about this antique stuff. 'What do you want to know?'—'About life and stuff.' Don't tell me you still believe in all that stuff? He pointed to a duffle bag.'That's my stuff.' If you say that one thing is the stuff of another, you mean that the first thing is a very important feature or characteristic of the second thing, or that the second thing can be based or built on the first thing. The idea that we can be whatever we want has become the stuff of television commercials. verb If you stuff something somewhere, you push it there quickly and roughly . I stuffed my hands in my pockets. He stuffed the newspapers into a litter bin and headed down the street. His pants were stuffed inside the tops of his boots. If you stuff a container or space with something, you fill it with something or with a quantity of things until it is full. He grabbed my purse, opened it and stuffed it full, then gave it back to me. He still stood behind his cash register stuffing his mouth with popcorn. ...wallets stuffed with dollars. If you stuff yourself, you eat a lot of food. I could stuff myself with ten chocolate bars and half an hour later eat a big meal. But you're just so stuffed you won't be able to drink anything. If you stuff a bird such as a chicken or a vegetable such as a pepper, you put a mixture of food inside it before cooking it. Will you stuff the turkey and shove it in the oven for me? ...stuffed tomatoes. If a dead animal is stuffed, it is filled with a substance so that it can be preserved and displayed. A pike weighing 29 lb 8 oz taken in 1878 was stuffed and is on display at the estate office. He didn't much care for the stuffed animal heads that hung on the walls. Stuff is used in front of nouns to emphasize that you do not care about something, or do not want it. Ultimately my attitude was: stuff them. Stuff your money. We don't want a handout. exclamation If you are angry with someone for something that they have said or done, you might say ' Get stuffed! ' to them. |
| inflections | stuffsstuffingstuffedstuffed |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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