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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.
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              Sometimes this crook drew hazel bought adown,
              And stuffed her apron wide with nuts so brown.
                                                    --Gay.
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              Lest the gods, for sin,
              Should with a swelling dropsy stuff thy skin.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. To thrust or crowd; to press; to pack.
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              Put roses into a glass with a narrow mouth, stuffing
              them close together . . . and they retain smell and
              color.                                --Bacon.
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     3. To fill by being pressed or packed into.
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              With inward arms the dire machine they load,
              And iron bowels stuff the dark abode. --Dryden.
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     4. (Cookery) To fill with a seasoning composition of bread,
        meat, condiments, etc.; as, to stuff a turkey.
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     5. To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some
        obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
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              I'm stuffed, cousin; I can not smell. --Shak.
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     6. To fill the skin of, for the purpose of preserving as a
        specimen; -- said of birds or other animals.
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     7. To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
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              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.
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     8. To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to
        crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.
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     9. To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box). [U. S.]
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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.
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     2. entirely of one substance with no holes inside. Opposite
        of {hollow}.
  
     Syn: solid.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stuffed
       adj 1: filled with something; "a stuffed turkey"
       2: crammed with food; "a full stomach"; "I feel stuffed"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  96 Moby Thesaurus words for "stuffed":
     SRO, allayed, awash, bloated, blocked, bound, brimful, brimming,
     bulging, bursting, capacity, chock-full, choked, choked up,
     chuck-full, clogged, clogged up, cloyed, congested, constipated,
     costive, cram-full, crammed, crowded, disgusted, distended,
     drenched, engorged, farci, fed-up, filled, filled to overflowing,
     flush, foul, fouled, full, full of, full to bursting, glutted,
     gorged, hyperemic, in spate, infarcted, jaded, jam-packed, jammed,
     loaded, obstipated, obstructed, overblown, overburdened,
     overcharged, overfed, overflowing, overfraught, overfreighted,
     overfull, overgorged, overladen, overloaded, oversaturated,
     overstocked, overstuffed, oversupplied, overweighted, packed,
     packed like sardines, plenary, plethoric, plugged, plugged up,
     ready to burst, replete, round, running over, sated, satiated,
     satisfied, saturated, sick of, slaked, soaked, standing room only,
     stopped, stopped up, stuffed up, supercharged, supersaturated,
     surcharged, surfeited, swollen, tired of, topful, with a bellyful,
     with a snootful, with enough of
  
  

















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