Meat vs. Stuff — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Meat and Stuff
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Definitions
Meat➦
Meat is animal flesh that is eaten as food. Humans have hunted and killed animals for meat since prehistoric times.
Stuff➦
The material out of which something is made or formed; substance.
Meat➦
The edible flesh of animals, especially that of mammals as opposed to that of fish or poultry.
Stuff➦
The essential substance or elements; essence
"We are such stuff / As dreams are made on" (Shakespeare).
Meat➦
The edible part, as of a piece of fruit or a nut.
Stuff➦
Unspecified material
Put that stuff over there.
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Meat➦
The essence, substance, or gist
The meat of the editorial.
Stuff➦
Household or personal articles considered as a group.
Meat➦
(Slang) Something that one enjoys or excels in; a forte
Tennis is his meat.
Stuff➦
Worthless objects.
Meat➦
Nourishment; food
"Love is not all.
Stuff➦
(Slang) Specific talk or actions
Don't give me that stuff about being tired.
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Meat➦
The human body regarded as an object of sexual desire.
Stuff➦
The control a player has over a ball, especially to give it spin, english, curve, or speed.
Meat➦
The genitals.
Stuff➦
The spin, english, curve, or speed imparted to a ball
"where we could watch the stuff, mainly curves, that the pitchers were putting on the ball" (James Henry Gray).
Meat➦
(uncountable) The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food.
A large portion of domestic meat production comes from animals raised on factory farms.
The homesteading teenager shot a deer to supply his family with wild meat for the winter.
Stuff➦
(Basketball) A dunk shot.
Meat➦
(countable) A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.
The butchery's profit rate on various meats varies greatly.
Stuff➦
Special capability
The team really showed its stuff and won the championship.
Meat➦
Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food. See also meat and drink.
Stuff➦
Chiefly British Woven material, especially woolens.
Meat➦
A type of food, a dish.
Stuff➦
(Slang) Money; cash.
Meat➦
(archaic) A meal.
Stuff➦
(Slang) A drug, especially one that is illegal or habit-forming.
Meat➦
(obsolete) Meal; flour.
Stuff➦
To pack (a container) tightly; cram
Stuff a Christmas stocking.
Meat➦
(uncountable) Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc.
The apple looked fine on the outside, but the meat was not very firm.
Stuff➦
To block (a passage); plug
Stuff a crack with caulking.
Meat➦
(slang) A penis.
Stuff➦
(Basketball) To block (a shot or an opponent who is shooting), especially before the ball leaves the shooter's hands.
Meat➦
(colloquial) The best or most substantial part of something.
We recruited him right from the meat of our competitor.
Stuff➦
To place forcefully into a container or space; thrust
Stuffed laundry into the bag.
Meat➦
(sports) The sweet spot of a bat or club (in cricket, golf, baseball etc.).
He hit it right on the meat of the bat.
Stuff➦
(Sports) To shoot (a ball or puck) forcefully into the goal from close range.
Meat➦
(slang) A meathead.
Throw it in here, meat.
Stuff➦
(Basketball) To dunk (the ball).
Meat➦
(Australian Aboriginal) A totem, or (by metonymy) a clan or clansman which uses it.
Stuff➦
To fill with an appropriate stuffing
Stuff a pillow.
Meat➦
Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg.
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, . . . to you it shall be for meat.
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you.
Stuff➦
To fill (an animal skin) to restore its natural form for mounting or display.
Meat➦
The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.
Stuff➦
To cram with food.
Meat➦
Dinner; the chief meal.
Stuff➦
To fill (the mind)
His head is stuffed with silly notions.
Meat➦
To supply with food.
His shield well lined, his horses meated well.
Stuff➦
To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).
Meat➦
The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
Stuff➦
To apply a preservative and softening agent to (leather).
Meat➦
The inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone;
Black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell
Stuff➦
To overeat; gorge.
Meat➦
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;
The gist of the prosecutor's argument
The heart and soul of the Republican Party
The nub of the story
Stuff➦
(informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
What is all that stuff on your bedroom floor?
He didn't want his pockets to bulge so he was walking around with all his stuff in his hands.
Stuff➦
Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
Stuff➦
(informal) Unspecified things or matters.
I had to do some stuff.
Stuff➦
The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
Stuff➦
(archaic) A material for making clothing; any woven textile, but especially a woollen fabric.
Stuff➦
(archaic) Boards used for building.
Stuff➦
Abstract/figurative substance or character.
Stuff➦
Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.
Stuff➦
(informal) Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.
Can I have some of that stuff on my ice-cream sundae?
Stuff➦
(slang) Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.
Stuff➦
(obsolete) A medicine or mixture; a potion.
Stuff➦
Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language.
Don't give me any of that 'what-about' stuff!
Stuff➦
(nautical) A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
Stuff➦
Money.
Stuff➦
(transitive) To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.
I'm going to stuff this pillow with feathers.
Stuff➦
(transitive) To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.
He stuffed his clothes into the closet and shut the door.
Stuff➦
To fill with seasoning.
She stuffed the turkey for Thanksgiving using her secret recipe.
Stuff➦
(transitive) To load goods into (a container) for transport.
Stuff➦
To sate.
I’m stuffed after having eaten all that turkey, mashed potatoes and delicious stuffing.
Stuff➦
(pronominal) To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.
She sits on the sofa all day, watching TV and stuffing herself with cream buns.
Stuff➦
To break; to destroy.
He skidded off the road and totally stuffed his brand new car.
Stuff➦
To sexually penetrate.
His wife came home early and found him on the couch stuffing the maid.
Stuff➦
Used to contemptuously dismiss or reject something. See also stuff it.
Stuff your stupid rules, I'll do what I like.
Stuff➦
(informal) To heavily defeat or get the better of.
Mudchester Rovers were stuffed 7-0 in the semi-final.
They totally stuffed us in that business deal.
Stuff➦
(transitive) To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre.
I got stuffed by that guy on the supermoto going into that turn, almost causing us to crash.
Stuff➦
To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.
Stuff➦
(transitive) To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
Stuff➦
(transitive) To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
Stuff➦
To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.
Stuff➦
To compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later.
Stuff➦
Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.
For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
Ambitions should be made of sterner stuff.
The workman on his stuff his skill doth show,And yet the stuff gives not the man his skill.
Stuff➦
The fundamental material of which anything is made up; elemental part; essence.
Yet do I hold it very stuff o' the conscienceTo do no contrived murder.
Stuff➦
Woven material not made into garments; fabric of any kind; specifically, any one of various fabrics of wool or worsted; sometimes, worsted fiber.
What stuff wilt have a kirtle of?
It [the arras] was of stuff and silk mixed, though, superior kinds were of silk exclusively.
Stuff➦
Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
He took away locks, and gave away the king's stuff.
Stuff➦
A medicine or mixture; a potion.
Stuff➦
Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash.
Anger would inditeSuch woeful stuff as I or Shadwell write.
Stuff➦
A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
Stuff➦
Paper stock ground ready for use.
Stuff➦
To fill by crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess; as, to stuff a bedtick.
Sometimes this crook drew hazel bought adown,And stuffed her apron wide with nuts so brown.
Lest the gods, for sin,Should with a swelling dropsy stuff thy skin.
Stuff➦
To thrust or crowd; to press; to pack.
Put roses into a glass with a narrow mouth, stuffing them close together . . . and they retain smell and color.
Stuff➦
To fill by being pressed or packed into.
With inward arms the dire machine they load,And iron bowels stuff the dark abode.
Stuff➦
To fill with a seasoning composition of bread, meat, condiments, etc.; as, to stuff a turkey.
Stuff➦
To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
I'm stuffed, cousin; I can not smell.
Stuff➦
To fill the skin of, for the purpose of preserving as a specimen; - said of birds or other animals.
Stuff➦
To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
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.
Stuff➦
To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.
Stuff➦
To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).
Stuff➦
To feed gluttonously; to cram.
Taught harmless man to cram and stuff.
Stuff➦
The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object;
Coal is a hard black material
Wheat is the stuff they use to make bread
Stuff➦
Miscellaneous unspecified objects;
The trunk was full of stuff
Stuff➦
Informal terms for personal possessions;
Did you take all your clobber?
Stuff➦
Senseless talk;
Don't give me that stuff
Stuff➦
Unspecified qualities required to do or be something;
The stuff of heros
You don't have the stuff to be a United States Marine
Stuff➦
Information in some unspecified form;
It was stuff I had heard before
There's good stuff in that book
Stuff➦
A critically important or characteristic component;
Suspense is the very stuff of narrative
Stuff➦
Fill completely;
The child stuffed his pockets with candy
Stuff➦
Press or force;
Stuff money into an envelope
She thrust the letter into his hand
Stuff➦
Obstruct;
My nose is all stuffed
Her arteries are blocked
Stuff➦
Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself;
She stuffed herself at the dinner
The kids binged on icecream
Stuff➦
Treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting;
Stuff a bearskin
Stuff➦
Fill tightly with a material;
Stuff a pillow with feathers
The old lady wants to have her dead poodle stuffed by the taxidermist
Stuff➦
Fill with a stuffing while cooking;
Have you stuffed the turkey yet?
