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Stuffed has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of stuff

"The children stuffed their faces with candy before dinner."

In plain English: To stuff something means to push it into a space until there is no room left for anything else.

"We stuffed all our clothes into the suitcase for the trip."

Adjective
1

filled with something

"a stuffed turkey"

2

crammed with food

"a full stomach"

"I feel stuffed"

3

Full or packed (with some material or substance).

"The turkey was stuffed with savory herbs and onions before being placed in the oven."

In plain English: Stuffed means feeling overly full after eating too much food.

"The turkey was so stuffed with herbs that it could barely fit in the pan."

Usage: Use "stuffed" to describe something filled tightly with an object, such as a pillow stuffed with feathers. Avoid using it interchangeably with "full," which simply indicates capacity without implying tight packing.

Example Sentences
"The turkey was so stuffed with herbs that it could barely fit in the pan." adj
"The child went to sleep immediately after being stuffed with candy and cookies." adj
"My favorite sweater is so stuffed into the suitcase that it barely fits in the overhead bin." adj
"The turkey was stuffed with fresh herbs before we roasted it for dinner." adj
"We stuffed all our clothes into the suitcase for the trip." verb
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Origin

The word stuffed is formed by adding the suffix -ed to the verb stuff. It entered English as a regular past tense and participle form indicating that something has been filled tightly or packed with material.

Rhyming Words
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