Stuff vs. Staff
Stuffnoun
(informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
Stuffnoun
(informal) Unspecified things or matters; trivial details.
Stuffnoun
The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
Stuffnoun
(archaic) A material for making clothing; any woven textile, but especially a woollen fabric.
Stuffnoun
Abstract substance or character.
Stuffnoun
(informal) Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.
Stuffnoun
(slang) Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.
Stuffnoun
Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
Stuffnoun
(obsolete) A medicine or mixture; a potion.
Stuffnoun
(obsolete) Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash.
Stuffnoun
(nautical) A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
Stuffnoun
Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.
Stuffverb
(transitive) To fill by crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.
Stuffverb
(transitive) To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.
Stuffverb
(transitive) To load goods into (a container) for transport.
Stuffverb
To sate.
Stuffverb
To break. en
Stuffverb
To sexually penetrate. en
Stuffverb
See also stuff it.
Stuffverb
(transitive) To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre.
Stuffverb
To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.
Stuffverb
(transitive) To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
Stuffverb
(transitive) To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
Stuffverb
To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.
Stuffverb
To compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later.
Stuffverb
(pronominal) To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.
Stuffinterjection
(slang) A filler term used to dismiss explanation.
Stuffnoun
Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.
Stuffnoun
The fundamental material of which anything is made up; elemental part; essence.
Stuffnoun
Woven material not made into garments; fabric of any kind; specifically, any one of various fabrics of wool or worsted; sometimes, worsted fiber.
Stuffnoun
Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
Stuffnoun
A medicine or mixture; a potion.
Stuffnoun
Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash.
Stuffnoun
A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
Stuffnoun
Paper stock ground ready for use.
Stuffverb
To fill by crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess; as, to stuff a bedtick.
Stuffverb
To thrust or crowd; to press; to pack.
Stuffverb
To fill by being pressed or packed into.
Stuffverb
To fill with a seasoning composition of bread, meat, condiments, etc.; as, to stuff a turkey.
Stuffverb
To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
Stuffverb
To fill the skin of, for the purpose of preserving as a specimen; - said of birds or other animals.
Stuffverb
To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
Stuffverb
To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.
Stuffverb
To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).
Stuffverb
To feed gluttonously; to cram.
Stuffnoun
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object;
Stuffnoun
miscellaneous unspecified objects;
Stuffnoun
informal terms for personal possessions;
Stuffnoun
senseless talk;
Stuffnoun
unspecified qualities required to do or be something;
Stuffnoun
information in some unspecified form;
Stuffnoun
a critically important or characteristic component;
Stuffverb
fill completely;
Stuffverb
press or force;
Stuffverb
obstruct;
Stuffverb
overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself;
Stuffverb
treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting;
Stuffverb
fill tightly with a material;
Stuffverb
fill with a stuffing while cooking;
Staffnoun
(plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
Staffnoun
A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written.
Staffnoun
(plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business.
Staffnoun
(uncountable) A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.W
Staffnoun
A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
Staffnoun
A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
Staffnoun
(archaic) The rung of a ladder.
Staffnoun
A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
Staffnoun
(engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
Staffnoun
(surgery) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
Staffnoun
(military) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.
Staffverb
(transitive) To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members.
Staffnoun
A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or stick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike.
Staffnoun
A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a person walking; hence, a support; that which props or upholds.
Staffnoun
A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff.
Staffnoun
A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
Staffnoun
The round of a ladder.
Staffnoun
A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
Staffnoun
The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; - formerly called stave.
Staffnoun
An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
Staffnoun
The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
Staffnoun
An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See État Major.
Staffnoun
Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendent or manager; sometimes used for the entire group of employees of an enterprise, excluding the top management; as, the staff of a newspaper.
Staffnoun
Plaster combined with fibrous and other materials so as to be suitable for sculpture in relief or in the round, or for forming flat plates or boards of considerable size which can be nailed to framework to make the exterior of a larger structure, forming joints which may afterward be repaired and concealed with fresh plaster.
Staffnoun
personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task;
Staffnoun
the body of teachers and administrators at a school;
Staffnoun
a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose;
Staffnoun
building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
Staffnoun
a rod carried as a symbol
Staffnoun
(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
Staffverb
provide with staff;
Staffverb
serve on the staff of;
