Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - stuff
Stuff
stuff
n. & v. --n. 1 the material that a thing is made of; material that may be used for some purpose. 2 a substance or things or belongings of an indeterminate kind or a quality not needing to be specified (there's a lot of stuff about it in the newspapers). 3 a particular knowledge or activity (know one's stuff). 4 woollen fabric (esp. as distinct from silk, cotton, and linen). 5 valueless matter, trash, refuse, nonsense (take that stuff away). 6 (prec. by the) a colloq. an available supply of something, esp. drink or drugs. b sl. money. --v. 1 tr. pack (a receptacle) tightly (stuff a cushion with feathers; a head stuffed with weird notions). 2 tr. (foll. by in, into) force or cram (a thing) (stuffed the socks in the drawer). 3 tr. fill out the skin of (an animal or bird etc.) with material to restore the original shape (a stuffed owl). 4 tr. fill (poultry etc.) with a savoury or sweet mixture, esp. before cooking. 5 a tr. & refl. fill (a person or oneself) with food. b tr. & intr. eat greedily. 6 tr. push, esp. hastily or clumsily (stuffed the note behind the cushion). 7 tr. (usu. in passive; foll. by up) block up (a person's nose etc.). 8 tr. sl. (esp. as an expression of contemptuous dismissal) dispose of as unwanted (you can stuff the job). 9 tr. US place bogus votes in (a ballot-box). 10 tr. coarse sl. offens. have sexual intercourse with (a woman). Phrases and idioms bit of stuff sl. offens. a woman regarded as an object of sexual desire. do one's stuff colloq. do what one has to. get stuffed sl. an exclamation of dismissal, contempt, etc. stuff and nonsense an exclamation of incredulity or ridicule. stuffed shirt colloq. a pompous person. stuff gown Brit. a gown worn by a barrister who has not taken silk. stuff it sl. an expression of rejection or disdain. that's the stuff colloq. that is what is wanted. Derivatives stuffer n. (also in comb.). Etymology: ME stoffe f. OF estoffe (n.), estoffer (v.) equip, furnish f. Gk stupho draw together
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I. noun see: stop Date: 14th century materials, supplies, or equipment used in various activities: as, military baggage, personal property, material to be manufactured, wrought, or used in construction , a finished textile suitable for clothing, 4. literary or artistic production, writing, discourse, talk, or ideas of little value ; trash, 5. an unspecified material substance or aggregate of matter , something (as a drug or food) consumed or introduced into the body by humans, a matter to be considered , a group or scattering of miscellaneous objects or articles , 6. fundamental material ; substance , subject matter , special knowledge or capability , 8. spin imparted to a thrown or hit ball to make it curve or change course, the movement of a baseball pitch out of its apparent line of flight ; the liveliness of a pitch , dunk shot, ~less adjective II. transitive verb Date: 15th century 1. to fill by packing things in ; cram , to fill to satiety ; surfeit , to prepare (meat or vegetables) by filling or lining with a ~ing, to fill (as a cushion) with a soft material, to fill out the skin of (an animal) for mounting, 2. to fill by intellectual effort , to pack full of something immaterial , to fill or block up (as nasal passages), 4. to cause to enter or fill ; thrust , to put (as a ball or puck) into a goal forcefully from close range, 5. — used in the imperative to express contempt — often used in the phrases ~ it and get ~ed to stop (a ballcarrier) abruptly in a football game ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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