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- US Pronunciation
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- [stuhf]
- /stʌf/
- /stʌf/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [stuhf]
- /stʌf/
Definitions of stuff word
- noun stuff the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff. 1
- noun stuff material to be worked upon or to be used in making something: wood, steel, and other stuff for building. 1
- noun stuff material of some unspecified kind: a cushion filled with some soft stuff. 1
- noun stuff Chiefly British. woven material or fabric, especially wool. 1
- noun stuff property, as personal belongings or equipment; things. 1
- noun stuff something to be swallowed, as food, drink, or medicine. 1
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Origin of stuff
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; (v.) late Middle English stuffen to equip, furnish < Old French estoffer literally, to stuff < Frankish *stopfōn, *stoppōn (see stop); (noun) Middle English < Old French estoffe, derivative of the v.
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Parts of speech for Stuff
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
stuff popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
stuff usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for stuff
noun stuff
- accoutrement — Accoutrements are all the things you have with you when you travel or when you take part in a particular activity.
- accoutrements — all the things you have with you when you travel or take part in a particular activity, such as clothing and equipment
- apparatus — The apparatus of an organization or system is its structure and method of operation.
- aptitude — Someone's aptitude for a particular kind of work or activity is their ability to learn it quickly and to do it well.
- audacity — Audacity is audacious behaviour.
verb stuff
- ballasted — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- ballasting — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- binging — a period or bout, usually brief, of excessive indulgence, as in eating, drinking alcoholic beverages, etc.; spree.
- blimp out — to become greatly overweight
- boil down — When you boil down a liquid or food, or when it boils down, it is boiled until there is less of it because some of the water in it has changed into steam or vapour.
Antonyms for stuff
verb stuff
- famish — (obsolete, transitive) To starve (to death); to kill or destroy with hunger.
- famishing — Present participle of famish.
- fast — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- wadded — a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of paper; a wad of tobacco.
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