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stuffed |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stuff \Stuff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stuffed}; p. pr & vb n. {Stuffing}.] [OE. stoffen; cf OF estoffer F. ['e]toffer, to put stuff in to stuff, to line also OF estouffer to stifle, F. ['e]touffer; both perhaps of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. stop. Cf {Stop}, v. t., {Stuff}, n.] 1. To fill by crowding something into to cram with something to load to excess; as to stuff a bedtick. Sometimes this crook drew hazel bought adown, And stuffed her apron wide with nuts so brown. --Gay. Lest the gods, for sin, Should with a swelling dropsy stuff thy skin. --Dryden. 2. To thrust or crowd; to press; to pack. Put roses into a glass with a narrow mouth, stuffing them close together . . . and they retain smell and color. --Bacon. 3. To fill by being pressed or packed into With inward arms the dire machine they load, And iron bowels stuff the dark abode. --Dryden. 4. (Cookery) To fill with a seasoning composition of bread, meat, condiments, etc.; as to stuff a turkey. 5. To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration. I'm stuffed, cousin; I can not smell. --Shak. 6. To fill the skin of for the purpose of preserving as a specimen; -- said of birds or other animals. 7. To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material. 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. --Swift. 8. To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of sometimes to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies. 9. To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box). [U. S.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stuffed adj 1: filled with something "a stuffed turkey" 2: (informal) crammed with food; "a full stomach"; "I feel stuffed"
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