stuff
English
/stʌf/
noun
Definitions
- (informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
- (informal) Unspecified things or matters.
- The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
- (archaic) A material for making clothing; any woven textile, but especially a woollen fabric.
- (archaic) Boards used for building.
- Abstract substance or character.
- (informal)
- (slang) Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.
- (obsolete) Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
- (obsolete) A medicine or mixture; a potion.
- (obsolete) Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash.
- (nautical) A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
- Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff (half stuff).
- (slang) Money.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English stuffen (furnish, equip) derived from Old French estoffer derived from Frankish *stopfon, *stopfōn derived from Proto-Germanic *stuppōną (close, fill, stop, block, clog up, prick, push, stop up).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*stuppōną
Gloss
close, fill, stop, block, clog up, prick, push, stop up
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- agrifoodstuff English
- bread English
- breadstuff English
- dye English
- dyestuff English
- fan English
- fanstuff English
- feed English
- feeding English
- feedingstuff English
- feedstuff English
- food English
- foodstuff English
- green English
- greenstuff English
- lady English
- ladystuff English
- overstuff English
- plant English
- plantstuff English
- restuff English
- ship English
- shipstuff English
- sour English
- sourstuff English
- star English
- starstuff English
- stop English
- stuffable English
- stuffer English
- stuffest English
- stuffeth English
- stuffie English
- stuffless English
- sweet English
- sweetstuff English
- unstuff English
- unstuffable English
- vein English
- veinstuff English
- water English
- waterstuff English
- stuppo, stuppō Latin
- Abfallstoff German
- Abwehrstoff German
- Altstoff German
- Anstrichstoff German
- Aromastoff German
- Ausgangsstoff German
- Baustoff German
- Bleichstoff German
- Botenstoff German
- Dichtstoff German
- Duftstoff German
- Eiweißstoff German
- Ersatzstoff German
- Farbstoff German
- Feststoff German
- Fremdstoff German
- Futterzusatzstoff German
- Füllstoff German
- Gefahrstoff German
- Gelbstoff German
- Geruchsstoff German
- Geschmacksstoff German
- Gewebestoff German
- Grundstoff German
- Harnstoff German
- Inhaltsstoff German
- Isolierstoff German
- Klebstoff German
- Kleiderstoff German
- Kohlenstoff German
- Kunststoff German
- Leuchtstoff German
- Mineralstoff German
- Möbelstoff German
- Naturstoff German
- Nährstoff German
- Pflanzenstoff German
- Reinstoff German
- Reststoff German
- Riechstoff German
- Rohstoff German
- Sauerstoff German
- Schaumstoff German
- Schmierstoff German
- Stoff German
- Stoffgruppe German
- Stoffklasse German
- Stoffkreislauf German
- Stoffmenge German
- Stoffname German
- Stofftasche German
- Stofftier German
- Verbundstoff German
- Vorhangstoff German
- Wasserstoff German
- Wertstoff German
- Wirkstoff German
- Zellstoff German
- Zuschlagstoff German
- stofflich German
- Stofberg Dutch, Flemish
- afvalstof Dutch, Flemish
- antistof Dutch, Flemish
- bergstof Dutch, Flemish
- brandstof Dutch, Flemish
- delfstof Dutch, Flemish
- entstof Dutch, Flemish
- fijnstof Dutch, Flemish
- gifstof Dutch, Flemish
- grondstof Dutch, Flemish
- huisstof Dutch, Flemish
- kleurstof Dutch, Flemish
- koolstof Dutch, Flemish
- kunststof Dutch, Flemish
- leerstof Dutch, Flemish
- pisstof Dutch, Flemish
- plofstof Dutch, Flemish
- smetstof Dutch, Flemish
- springstof Dutch, Flemish
- sterrenstof Dutch, Flemish
- stikstof Dutch, Flemish
- stof Dutch, Flemish
- stofduivel Dutch, Flemish
- stoffelijk Dutch, Flemish
- stoffen Dutch, Flemish
- stoffig Dutch, Flemish
- stofhoos Dutch, Flemish
- stofkam Dutch, Flemish
- stoflong Dutch, Flemish
- stofmasker Dutch, Flemish
- stofvrij Dutch, Flemish
- stofwisseling Dutch, Flemish
- stofwolk Dutch, Flemish
- stofzuigen Dutch, Flemish
- stofzuiger Dutch, Flemish
- vloeistof Dutch, Flemish
- voedingsstof Dutch, Flemish
- waterstof Dutch, Flemish
- zoetstof Dutch, Flemish
- zoutstof Dutch, Flemish
- zuurstof Dutch, Flemish
- штоф Russian
- *(s)tew- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)tewp- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰelh₃wós Proto-Indo-European
- *stuppōną Proto-Germanic
- forstoppian Old English
- stoppian Old English
- stoppen Middle English
- stuffen Middle English
- stof Danish
- estoffer Old French
- estophe Old French
- štof Serbo-Croatian
- штоф Serbo-Croatian
- estofo Galician
- stof Middle Dutch
- stoffe Middle Dutch
- stoffēren Middle Dutch
- stoffon Old High German
- stoffōn Old High German
- stophōn Old High German
- stikstof Afrikaans
- stof Afrikaans
- stoffaïr Norman
- stoffer Norman
- estoffer Middle French
- *stuppōn gmw-pro
- stuppon Old Dutch
- stoppen Middle Low German
- *stopfon, *stopfōn Frankish
- *stopfōn Frankish
- stof Western Frisian
- stòf Papiamentu
- fan
- dye
- feed
- lady
- sour
- stop
- ship
- vein
- star
- food
- water
- bread
- plant
- sweet
- green
- unstuff
- feeding
- stuffie
- restuff
- stuffer
- stuffeth
- fanstuff
- dyestuff
- stuffest
- sourstuff
- overstuff
- stuffable
- shipstuff
- ladystuff
- stuffless
- foodstuff
- feedstuff
- veinstuff
- starstuff
- greenstuff
- breadstuff
- waterstuff
- plantstuff
- sweetstuff
- unstuffable
- feedingstuff
- agrifoodstuff