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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. [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] 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. [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]