Stuff vs. Thing

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;

Thingnoun

That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.

Thingnoun

A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.

Thingnoun

An individual object or distinct entity.

Thingnoun

(informal) A genuine concept, entity or phenomenon; something that actually exists (contrary to expectation or belief).

Thingnoun

(legal)

Thingnoun

Whatever can be owned.

Thingnoun

Corporeal object.

Thingnoun

The latest fad or fashion.

Thingnoun

(in the plural) Clothes, possessions or equipment.

Thingnoun

(informal) A unit or container, usually containing edible goods.

Thingnoun

(informal) A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.

Thingnoun

(slang) A penis.

Thingnoun

A living being or creature.

Thingnoun

That which matters; the crux.

Thingnoun

Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.

Thingnoun

(informal) That which is favoured; personal preference. (Used in possessive constructions.)

Thingnoun

A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.

Thingnoun

(informal) A romantic relationship.

Thingverb

(rare) To express as a thing; to reify.

Thingnoun

Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.

Thingnoun

An inanimate object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless material.

Thingnoun

A transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed.

Thingnoun

A portion or part; something.

Thingnoun

A diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing; - often used in pity or contempt.

Thingnoun

Clothes; furniture; appurtenances; luggage; as, to pack or store one's things.

Thingnoun

Whatever may be possessed or owned; a property; - distinguished from person.

Thingnoun

In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly.

Thingnoun

In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly; - used, esp. in composition, in titles of such bodies. See Legislature, Norway.

Thingnoun

a special situation;

Thingnoun

an action;

Thingnoun

an artifact;

Thingnoun

an event;

Thingnoun

a statement regarded as an object;

Thingnoun

any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence;

Thingnoun

a special abstraction;

Thingnoun

a vaguely specified concern;

Thingnoun

an entity that is not named specifically;

Thingnoun

a special objective;

Thingnoun

a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion;

Thingnoun

a separate and self-contained entity