dictionary definitions for "stuffed"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  stuffed
      adj 1: filled with something; "a stuffed turkey"
      2: crammed with food; "a full stomach"; "I feel stuffed"

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Sometimes this crook drew hazel bought adown,
              And stuffed her apron wide with nuts so brown.
                                                    --Gay.
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              Lest the gods, for sin,
              Should with a swelling dropsy stuff thy skin.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. To thrust or crowd; to press; to pack.
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              Put roses into a glass with a narrow mouth, stuffing
              them close together . . . and they retain smell and
              color.                                --Bacon.
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     3. To fill by being pressed or packed into.
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              With inward arms the dire machine they load,
              And iron bowels stuff the dark abode. --Dryden.
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     4. (Cookery) To fill with a seasoning composition of bread,
        meat, condiments, etc.; as, to stuff a turkey.
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     5. To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some
        obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
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              I'm stuffed, cousin; I can not smell. --Shak.
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     6. To fill the skin of, for the purpose of preserving as a
        specimen; -- said of birds or other animals.
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     7. To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
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              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.
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     8. To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to
        crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.
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     9. To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box). [U. S.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  filled \filled\ adj.
     1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal;
        as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of empty. [Narrower
        terms: {abounding in(predicate), abounding
        with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full
        of(predicate), overflowing, overflowing with(predicate),
        rich in(predicate), rife with(predicate), thick
        with(predicate)}; {brimful, brimful of(predicate),
        brimfull, brimfull of(predicate), brimming, brimming
        with(predicate)}; {chockablock(predicate),
        chock-full(predicate), chockfull(predicate),
        chockful(predicate), choke-full(predicate),
        chuck-full(predicate), cram full}; congested, engorged;
        {crawling with(predicate), overrun with, swarming,
        swarming with(predicate), teeming, teeming
        with(predicate)}; {flooded, inundated, swamped ; {glutted,
        overfull}; {heavy with(predicate) ; {laden, loaded ;
        overladen, overloaded ; {stuffed ; {stuffed; {well-lined
        ]
  
     Syn: full.
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     2. entirely of one substance with no holes inside. Opposite
        of hollow.
  
     Syn: solid.
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     3. having appointments throughout the course of a period; --
        of an appointment schedule; as, My calendar is filled for
        the week. Opposite of unoccupied and free
  
     Syn: occupied.
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