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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: study - stultification</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="study"> study, noun, pl. studies, verb, studied, studying.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the effort to learn by reading or thinking. Ex. After an hour's hard study he knew his lesson. Study to him was pleasure and delight (George Crabbe). <DD> 2. a careful examination; investigation. Ex. to make a study of a case at law, a man's life or character, or the causes of a depression. Such a study, brought down to date, would show the same expansion going on in the last six years (Newsweek). <DD> 3. a subject that is studied; branch of learning; thing investigated or to be investigated. Arithmetic, spelling, and geography are three school studies. Ex. The proper study of mankind is Man (Alexander Pope). <DD> 4. a room for study, reading, or writing. Ex. The minister was reading in his study. <DD> 5. a piece of writing or a work of art that deals in careful detail with one particular subject. Ex. a study of art in Germany. The face of Nature [was] a study in old gold (Kenneth Grahame). <DD> 6. a sketch, as for a picture or story. <DD> 7. a piece of music for practice or testing; etude. <DD> 8. earnest effort, or the object of endeavor or effort. Ex. Her constant study is to please her parents. <DD> 9. deep thought; reverie. Ex. to be in a brown study. The judge was absorbed in study about the case. <DD> 10. a person, usually an actor, with respect to his ability to memorize. Ex. a quick or slow study. <DD>v.t. 1. to try to learn by oneself or in school. Ex. to study the rules of a game or contest, to study philosophy, to study law. She studied her spelling lesson for half an hour. <DD> 2. to examine carefully or in detail; investigate. Ex. to study the customs of society, to study a man's character, to study a poem. We studied the map to find the shortest road home. (SYN) scrutinize. <DD> 3. to read carefully to learn or understand. Ex. to study the Bible. <DD> 4. to memorize or try to memorize. Ex. to study one's part in a play. <DD> 5. to consider with care; thing out; plan; devise. Ex. to study a suitable answer, to study out a new procedure. The prisoner studied ways to escape. (SYN) ponder. <DD> 6. to give care and thought to; try hard for; aim at. Ex. The three villians studied nothing but revenge (Daniel Defoe). <DD>v.i. 1. to try to learn or gain knowledge by means of books, observation, or experiment. Ex. He is studying to be a doctor. <DD> 2. to be a student. Ex. to study for a master's degree, to study under a famous musician. <DD> 3. to think intently; meditate; ponder. <DD> 4. to try hard; endeavor. Ex. The grocer studies to please his customers. I studied to appear calm (W. H. Hudson). expr. studies, a person's work as a student. Ex. to return to one's studies after a vacation. </DL> <A NAME="studygroup"> study group,<DL COMPACT><DD> a group of people who come together or are appointed to study a particular subject or problem. </DL> <A NAME="studyhall"> study hall,<DL COMPACT><DD> a large room in a school or college for studying, reading, and preparing assignments. </DL> <A NAME="stufa"> stufa, noun, pl. -fas, -fe.<DL COMPACT><DD> a jet of steam issuing from a fissure in the earth in a volcanic region. </DL> <A NAME="stuff"> stuff, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. what a thing is made of; material. Ex. Clay is the stuff of which pottery is made. There are even greater difficulties in "managing" the stuff of history than in understanding it (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists). We are such stuff as dreams are made on (Shakespeare). <DD> 2. any woven fabric, especially a woolen or worsted one. Ex. She bought some white stuff for curtains. <DD> 3. a thing or things; substance. Ex. The doctor rubbed some kind of stuff on the burn. <DD> 4. goods; belongings; possessions. Ex. I was told to move my stuff out of the room. <DD> 5. worthless material; useless objects; refuse. Ex. The attic is full of old stuff. (SYN) rubbish, trash. <DD> 6. silly words and thoughts. Ex. a lot of stuff and nonsense. <DD> 7. (Figurative.) inward qualities; character; capabilities. Ex. ... places where a man has got to show the stuff that's in him (Joseph Conrad). He was not naturally of the stuff of which martyrs are made (Hawthorne). <DD> 8. (Baseball, Slang.) the ability to throw a variety of pitches with deception. Ex. Pitch for pitch, many of his contemporaries have what the trade calls "more stuff" (Time). <DD> 9. (U.S. Slang.) <DD> a. marijuana. <DD> b. heroin. <DD>v.t. 1. to pack full; fill. Ex. She stuffed the pillow with feathers. (SYN) cram. <DD> 2. to stop (up); block; choke (up). Ex. to stuff one's ears with cotton, to stuff a hole with rags, a stuffed nose. My head is stuffed up by a cold. <DD> 3. to fill the skin of (a dead animal) to make it look as it did when alive. Ex. We saw many stuffed birds in the museum. <DD> 4. to fill (a chicken, turkey, fish, or piece of another animal, such as lamb or pork) with breadcrumbs, meat, chestnuts, and seasoning, before cooking. <DD> 5. to force; push; thrust. Ex. He stuffed his clothes into the drawer. He stuffed his hands into his pockets. <DD> 6. (U.S.) to put more votes in (a ballot box) than there are rightful voters. <DD> 7. to fill with food, information, or rubbish. Ex. After he stuffed himself with candy, he felt sick. (Figurative.) Don't stuff up your mind with useless facts. (Figurative.) We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men ... Headpiece filled with straw (T. S. Eliot). <DD> 8. to fill or pack together tightly. Ex. a box stuffed with old letters, to stuff tobacco in a pipe, people stuffed in an elevator. (SYN) cram. <DD> 9. (Basketball.) to jam (a basketball) into the basket from above. <DD> 10. to treat (a hide) with a compound of tallow and other substances to soften, waterproof, and preserve it. <DD>v.i. 1. to eat too much; gorge oneself with food. <DD> 2. (Basketball.) to make a stuff shot. expr. do one's stuff, (Informal.) to perform, especially with skill. Ex. Quite a few people come to our fair city to see the King [a dancer] do his stuff (New Yorker). expr. know one's stuff, (Informal.) to be competent or well-informed, especially in a particular field; be knowledgeable. Ex. For all the clarity and originality of his presentation, this is very much a book for those who know their stuff (Scientific American). expr. strut one's stuff, (Slang.) to show off one's looks, clothing, abilities, or accomplishments. Ex. A "dandy look" struts its stuff this spring (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="stuffedshirt"> stuffed shirt,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) a person who tries to seem more important than he really is. Ex. His deliberately offensive behavior to academic stuffed shirts (David Daiches). </DL> <A NAME="stuffer"> stuffer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person or thing that stuffs. <DD> 2. material used to stuff something. </DL> <A NAME="stuffing"> stuffing, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. material used to fill or pack something. <DD> 2. a seasoned mixture of breadcrumbs with sausage or oysters, chestnuts, or some other food, used to stuff a chicken, turkey, or other animal, before cooking. <DD> 3. the act of a person or thing that stuffs. expr. knock the stuffing out of, (Informal.) to overcome; defeat; beat. Ex. He was at the time going as well as any, but this error knocked the stuffing out of him (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="stuffingbox"> stuffing box,<DL COMPACT><DD> a chamber through which a piston rod or shaft passes and which is packed with an elastic material impermeable by a particular liquid or gas, in order to prevent leakage of the liquid or gas at the orifice through which the shaft passes. Ex. Their metal bearings are kept lubricated by oil-soaked waste in a stuffing box (Scientific American). </DL> <A NAME="stuffingnut"> stuffing nut,<DL COMPACT><DD> a nut which when tightened reduced the cubic capacity of a stuffing box, so as to compress the elastic material contained in it and thus seal its orifice against leakage of a particular liquid or gas. </DL> <A NAME="stuffshot"> stuff shot,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Basketball.) a shot in which the ball is jammed into the basket from above; dunk shot. </DL> <A NAME="stuffy"> stuffy, adjective, stuffier, stuffiest.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. lacking fresh air. Ex. a stuffy room. <DD> 2. lacking freshness or interest; dull; stodgy. Ex. a stuffy speech. Lewis Cass of Michigan, very old and very dignified and very stuffy, was Secretary of State (Bruce Catton). <DD> 3. stopped up. Ex. A cold makes my head feel stuffy. <DD> 4. (Informal.) easily shocked or offended: prim; strait-laced. Ex. a stuffy chaperone. <DD> 5. (Informal.) angry or sulky. Ex. They never growl at us or get stuffy (Rudyard Kipling). adv. stuffily. noun stuffiness. </DL> <A NAME="stuka"> Stuka, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a powerful German dive bomber used in World War II. </DL> <A NAME="stull"> stull, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Mining.) <DD> 1. a heavy timber secured in an excavation to provide support for a mine working. <DD> 2. a platform or framework of timber to support workmen or protect miners from falling stones. </DL> <A NAME="stultification"> stultification, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the action of stultifying. <DD> 2. the state of being stultified. Ex. Our simple survival is not worth so much that it is to be purchased at the cost of intellectual stultification (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists). </DL> <A NAME="stultifier"> stultifier, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that stultifies. </DL> <A HREF="stultify.dic">NEXT</A>