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stuff
A	noun
	1	whatchamacallit, stuff, whatsis, sundry, sundries
			miscellaneous unspecified objects; "the trunk was full of stuff"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚whatchamacallit, stuff, whatsis, sundry, sundries ╚etcetera ╚dohickey; dojigger; doodad; doohickey; gimmick; hickey; gizmo; gismo; gubbins; thingamabob; thingumabob; thingmabob; thingamajig; thingumajig; thingmajig; thingummy
	2	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"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚quality ╚stuff
	3	stuff
			a critically important or characteristic component; "suspense is the very stuff of narrative"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚kernel; substance; core; center; essence; gist; heart; heart and soul; inwardness; marrow; meat; nub; pith; sum; nitty-gritty ╚stuff
	4	stuff, stuff and nonsense, hooey, poppycock
			senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚nonsense; bunk; nonsensicality; meaninglessness; hokum ╚stuff, stuff and nonsense, hooey, poppycock
	5	stuff
			information in some unspecified form; "it was stuff I had heard before"; "there's good stuff in that book"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚information; info ╚stuff
	6	stuff, clobber
			informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all your clobber?"
		Category Tree: possession ╚property; belongings; holding; material possession ╚personal property; personal estate; personalty; private property ╚stuff, clobber
	7	material, 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"
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚material, stuff ╚sealing material ╚adhesive material; adhesive ╚rock; stone ╚mineral ╚diamagnet ╚sorbent; sorbent material ╚sorbate ╚raw material; staple ╚HAZMAT ╚floccule; floc ╚ammunition ╚atom; molecule; particle; corpuscle; mote; speck ╚rind
B	verb
	1	stuff
			fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚fill; fill up; make full ╚stuff
	2	stuff
			fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers"; "The old lady wants to have her dead poodle stuffed by the taxidermist"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚fill; fill up; make full ╚stuff ╚cork
	3	stuff
			treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting; "stuff a bearskin"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚fill; fill up; make full ╚impregnate; saturate ╚stuff
	4	gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out
			overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on icecream"
		Category Tree: consume; ingest; take in; take; have ╚eat ╚gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out
	5	stuff, lug, choke up, block
			obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked"
		Category Tree: prevent; keep ╚impede; hinder ╚obstruct; obturate; impede; occlude; jam; block; close up ╚clog; choke off; clog up; back up; congest; choke; foul ╚stuff, lug, choke up, block
	6	stuff
			fill completely; "The child stuffed his pockets with candy"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚fill; fill up; make full ╚stuff ╚pad; fill out ╚overstuff ╚jam; jampack; ram; chock up; cram; wad
	7	thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze
			press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚push; force ╚thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze

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