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  1. noun The material out of which something is made or formed; substance.
  2. noun The essential substance or elements; essence: "We are such stuff/As dreams are made on” (Shakespeare).
  3. noun Informal Unspecified material: Put that stuff over there.
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  • But, as I may have mentioned, the stuff is also very —  CrunchGear
  • A bit of a surprise first round supplemental pick by the Yankees, Bleich nonetheless has outstanding college statistics, even if his stuff is a little short by Major League standards. —  Baseball Analysts
  • When it comes down to it, this stuff is all just - stuff. —  LearnHub Activities
  • Fortunately we like Minnesota and all of our stuff is here; so there's that. —  Julia
  • According to NIH, not having enough of this stuff is a serious problem, apparently affecting 90 million adults in the U.S. —  Stayin' Alive
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material ·  clothe ·  food ·  one ·  paper ·  piece ·  item ·  picture ·  cloth ·  thing ·  game ·  wine

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stuff:   stuffing ·  stuffed
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  1. Middle English, from Old French estoffe, from estoffer, to equip, of Germanic origin.

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  1. Early modern English stuffe; from Middle English stuf, stuff, stuffe (= D. Low German Danish stof = G. Swedish stoff; Middle Latin estoffa), from Old French estoffe, French étoffe = Spanish Portuguese estofa, quilted stuff, = Italian stoffa, from Latin stuppa (Middle Latin prob. also Germanized *stupfa, stuffa), earlier stupa, the coarse part of flax, hards, tow: see stupe. Cf. stop. The sense of the L. word is better preserved in the verb stuff, cram: see stuff, stop, v.
  2. Early modern English also stuffe; from Middle English stuffen; from the noun.
 

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