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Definition of overstuff in English: overstuffverb əʊvəˈstʌfˌoʊvərˈstəf [with object]1Force too much into (a container) Example sentencesExamples - The civilized modern stage upon which status dramas are enacted is not so stripped down - we don't literally miss out on meals if our neighbors overstuff their pantry - but the mechanism remains intact and attuned to the same ultimate goals.
- You're overstuffed from dinner, yet you can't resist ordering the Double Dark Chocolate Two-Layer Cake for dessert.
- Standing in the shade of a mango tree, overstuffed backpacks slung over our shoulders, we were soon introduced to a string of others caked in mud.
- Some walk away with a handful of letters, others haul overstuffed orange mailbags to their workspaces where shipmates are standing by in anticipation.
- If you overstuff yourself, you feel sluggish and you get bloated looking.
- The black rotting cabinet doors were open and the drawers were overstuffed with magazines.
- And you thought their backpacks were overstuffed.
- It cost $400 and weighed more than my overstuffed briefcase.
- The unfortunate part of this story is that the container is too large for the meagre space that I've allotted for lip gloss in my already overstuffed purse.
- I resolve to take out the trash in a timely manner rather than continue piling things precariously on top of an already overstuffed trash bin.
- Thompson's compact book also stands as a rebuke to the hefty, overstuffed volumes lugged around by today's college calculus students.
- Uttering a cross word about Lefty usually provokes the same kind of reaction as wresting a child's favorite overstuffed teddy bear from his or her arms.
- Can he indeed ‘buy’ more hardware for the already overstuffed trophy case, as his detractors and fellow owners grumble?
- I find myself staring at my father's back as he bends over and peers lengthily into the dangerously overstuffed interior of the fridge.
- Businessmen with their suits and briefcases, mother's with their crying children and overstuffed luggage, it all seems so unrealistic.
- Remind yourself that you can always have more treats later, and that overstuffing yourself at one time is not necessary.
- Don't overstuff the ravioli, or the filling may burst through the sides as they cook.
- So PLEASE do not overstuff these bags making them lumpy and shapeless.
- Picking up the overstuffed duffle bag, which contained all his belongings, plus his coat, and the berries, he went through a door of an even larger room.
- Remember, if you're overstuffing yourself calorically, then spreading the meals out will not help much.
2Cover (furniture) completely with upholstery. Example sentencesExamples - It was like a combination of a living room and a bedroom, with a big bed but also overstuffed chairs, bookshelves, and a TV.
- After walking your fill, stop for a bite at Adele's, where an antique bar and overstuffed furniture invite leisurely drinking.
- Entering it, one finds microscopes and computers, a battered, overstuffed sofa and easy chair, and a row of cabinets with tiers of shallow drawers.
- A few overstuffed chairs were laid against the walls, and several bookshelves held old, dusty volumes that Liq had probably never even opened.
- She headed into the living room, pausing to leave her purse and briefcase on an overstuffed easy chair.
- The twin overstuffed chairs were upholstered in a deep gold brocade.
- The cramped tenement homes with their drab, flocked wallpaper and overstuffed sofas, the black market sugar and washed-out floral aprons evoke a world so real you can almost smell the damp.
- Out on the sidewalk patio, Mantra's inviting overstuffed wing chairs baked in the heat.
- The walls were still brick, but she had brought in an overstuffed couch and glass coffee table for furniture and placed plants and a very nice book case in the corner.
- Patients who smoke should do so in a room without flammables, such as rugs, curtains and overstuffed furniture.
- The only seat not taken was a rather overstuffed leather chair.
- After the bill was paid-Ethan's eyes bugged out at the price, but refused to let me see it - we went and sat on the big, overstuffed sofa in front of the fireplace.
- I shrunk visibly deeper into my seat on the overstuffed couch.
- There is somebody sitting in one of those overstuffed chairs reading Le Monde.
- When I opened my bleary eyes once again, I found myself lying on the soft, overstuffed sofa in the centre of the small living room in which I was currently residing.
- Others dozed in overstuffed armchairs among stacks of suitcases, waking intermittently to drink espresso or whiskey and smoke cigarettes.
- Emily sat down in a big blue overstuffed easy chair and wrapped herself in a chenille throw cover as she warmed by the fire.
- He seated himself in his overstuffed wing backed executive chair and waited until the lights went down and the door closed behind his personal assistant.
- Using high-back, overstuffed furniture in northern rooms to reduce drafts and allow one to become engulfed in the chair.
- Several overstuffed recliners lined the back walls, and at the front of the skybox was a bar lined with all types of food.
Definition of overstuff in US English: overstuffverbˌoʊvərˈstəfˌōvərˈstəf [with object]1Force too much into (a container) Example sentencesExamples - Can he indeed ‘buy’ more hardware for the already overstuffed trophy case, as his detractors and fellow owners grumble?
- Standing in the shade of a mango tree, overstuffed backpacks slung over our shoulders, we were soon introduced to a string of others caked in mud.
- I find myself staring at my father's back as he bends over and peers lengthily into the dangerously overstuffed interior of the fridge.
- Don't overstuff the ravioli, or the filling may burst through the sides as they cook.
- And you thought their backpacks were overstuffed.
- So PLEASE do not overstuff these bags making them lumpy and shapeless.
- Uttering a cross word about Lefty usually provokes the same kind of reaction as wresting a child's favorite overstuffed teddy bear from his or her arms.
- Remember, if you're overstuffing yourself calorically, then spreading the meals out will not help much.
- Remind yourself that you can always have more treats later, and that overstuffing yourself at one time is not necessary.
- The black rotting cabinet doors were open and the drawers were overstuffed with magazines.
- I resolve to take out the trash in a timely manner rather than continue piling things precariously on top of an already overstuffed trash bin.
- You're overstuffed from dinner, yet you can't resist ordering the Double Dark Chocolate Two-Layer Cake for dessert.
- Picking up the overstuffed duffle bag, which contained all his belongings, plus his coat, and the berries, he went through a door of an even larger room.
- The civilized modern stage upon which status dramas are enacted is not so stripped down - we don't literally miss out on meals if our neighbors overstuff their pantry - but the mechanism remains intact and attuned to the same ultimate goals.
- It cost $400 and weighed more than my overstuffed briefcase.
- Some walk away with a handful of letters, others haul overstuffed orange mailbags to their workspaces where shipmates are standing by in anticipation.
- Thompson's compact book also stands as a rebuke to the hefty, overstuffed volumes lugged around by today's college calculus students.
- The unfortunate part of this story is that the container is too large for the meagre space that I've allotted for lip gloss in my already overstuffed purse.
- If you overstuff yourself, you feel sluggish and you get bloated looking.
- Businessmen with their suits and briefcases, mother's with their crying children and overstuffed luggage, it all seems so unrealistic.
2Cover (furniture) completely with padded upholstery. Example sentencesExamples - Patients who smoke should do so in a room without flammables, such as rugs, curtains and overstuffed furniture.
- Several overstuffed recliners lined the back walls, and at the front of the skybox was a bar lined with all types of food.
- When I opened my bleary eyes once again, I found myself lying on the soft, overstuffed sofa in the centre of the small living room in which I was currently residing.
- After walking your fill, stop for a bite at Adele's, where an antique bar and overstuffed furniture invite leisurely drinking.
- I shrunk visibly deeper into my seat on the overstuffed couch.
- He seated himself in his overstuffed wing backed executive chair and waited until the lights went down and the door closed behind his personal assistant.
- Emily sat down in a big blue overstuffed easy chair and wrapped herself in a chenille throw cover as she warmed by the fire.
- Using high-back, overstuffed furniture in northern rooms to reduce drafts and allow one to become engulfed in the chair.
- Entering it, one finds microscopes and computers, a battered, overstuffed sofa and easy chair, and a row of cabinets with tiers of shallow drawers.
- After the bill was paid-Ethan's eyes bugged out at the price, but refused to let me see it - we went and sat on the big, overstuffed sofa in front of the fireplace.
- Others dozed in overstuffed armchairs among stacks of suitcases, waking intermittently to drink espresso or whiskey and smoke cigarettes.
- She headed into the living room, pausing to leave her purse and briefcase on an overstuffed easy chair.
- The only seat not taken was a rather overstuffed leather chair.
- The twin overstuffed chairs were upholstered in a deep gold brocade.
- The walls were still brick, but she had brought in an overstuffed couch and glass coffee table for furniture and placed plants and a very nice book case in the corner.
- Out on the sidewalk patio, Mantra's inviting overstuffed wing chairs baked in the heat.
- The cramped tenement homes with their drab, flocked wallpaper and overstuffed sofas, the black market sugar and washed-out floral aprons evoke a world so real you can almost smell the damp.
- There is somebody sitting in one of those overstuffed chairs reading Le Monde.
- It was like a combination of a living room and a bedroom, with a big bed but also overstuffed chairs, bookshelves, and a TV.
- A few overstuffed chairs were laid against the walls, and several bookshelves held old, dusty volumes that Liq had probably never even opened.
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