stuffed

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. filled with something“a stuffed turkey”
  2. crammed with food“a full stomach”“I feel stuffed”
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Webster's Dictionary (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. [1913 Webster]

Sometimes this crook drew hazel bought adown, And stuffed her apron wide with nuts so brown.— Gay.[1913 Webster]
Lest the gods, for sin, Should with a swelling dropsy stuff thy skin.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.To thrust or crowd; to press; to pack. [1913 Webster]

Put roses into a glass with a narrow mouth, stuffing them close together . . . and they retain smell and color.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

3.To fill by being pressed or packed into. [1913 Webster]

With inward arms the dire machine they load, And iron bowels stuff the dark abode.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

4.(Cookery) To fill with a seasoning composition of bread, meat, condiments, etc.; as, to stuff a turkey. [1913 Webster]

5.To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration. [1913 Webster]

I'm stuffed, cousin; I can not smell.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

6.To fill the skin of, for the purpose of preserving as a specimen; -- said of birds or other animals. [1913 Webster]

7.To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material. [1913 Webster]

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.[1913 Webster]

8.To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies. [1913 Webster]

9.To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box). [U. S.] [1913 Webster]


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. [WordNet 1.5]

2.entirely of one substance with no holes inside. Opposite of hollow.

Syn: solid. [WordNet 1.5]

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. [WordNet 1.5]

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