stuff – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of stuff

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to stuff
Participle: stuffed
Gerund: stuffing

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Istuff
youstuff
he;she;itstuffs
westuff
youstuff
theystuff

Perfect

Ihave stuffed
youhave stuffed
he;she;ithas stuffed
wehave stuffed
youhave stuffed
theyhave stuffed

Past

Istuffed
youstuffed
he;she;itstuffed
westuffed
youstuffed
theystuffed

Pluperfect

Ihad stuffed
youhad stuffed
he;she;ithad stuffed
wehad stuffed
youhad stuffed
theyhad stuffed

Future

Iwill stuff
youwill stuff
he;she;itwill stuff
wewill stuff
youwill stuff
theywill stuff

Future Perfect

Iwill have stuffed
youwill have stuffed
he;she;itwill have stuffed
wewill have stuffed
youwill have stuffed
theywill have stuffed

Subjunctive

Present

Istuff
youstuff
he;she;itstuff
westuff
youstuff
theystuff

Perfect

Ihave stuffed
youhave stuffed
he;she;ithave stuffed
wehave stuffed
youhave stuffed
theyhave stuffed

Imperfect

Istuffed
youstuffed
he;she;itstuffed
westuffed
youstuffed
theystuffed

Pluperfect

Ihad stuffed
youhad stuffed
he;she;ithad stuffed
wehad stuffed
youhad stuffed
theyhad stuffed

Conditional

Present

Iwould stuff
youwould stuff
he;she;itwould stuff
wewould stuff
youwould stuff
theywould stuff

Perfect

Iwould have stuffed
youwould have stuffed
he;she;itwould have stuffed
wewould have stuffed
youwould have stuffed
theywould have stuffed

Imperative

youstuff
weLet's stuff
youstuff

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam stuffing
youare stuffing
he;she;itis stuffing
weare stuffing
youare stuffing
theyare stuffing

Perfect

Ihave been stuffing
youhave been stuffing
he;she;ithas been stuffing
wehave been stuffing
youhave been stuffing
theyhave been stuffing

Past

Iwas stuffing
youwere stuffing
he;she;itwas stuffing
wewere stuffing
youwere stuffing
theywere stuffing

Pluperfect

Ihad been stuffing
youhad been stuffing
he;she;ithad been stuffing
wehad been stuffing
youhad been stuffing
theyhad been stuffing

Future

Iwill be stuffing
youwill be stuffing
he;she;itwill be stuffing
wewill be stuffing
youwill be stuffing
theywill be stuffing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been stuffing
youwill have been stuffing
he;she;itwill have been stuffing
wewill have been stuffing
youwill have been stuffing
theywill have been stuffing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be stuffing
youwould be stuffing
he;she;itwould be stuffing
wewould be stuffing
youwould be stuffing
theywould be stuffing

Perfect

Iwould have been stuffing
youwould have been stuffing
he;she;itwould have been stuffing
wewould have been stuffing
youwould have been stuffing
theywould have been stuffing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'stuff'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'stuff'

scuff, sluff, snuff, staff, stiff, stuffe, bluff, buff, chuff, cuff,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English stuffen (“to equip, furnish”), borrowed from Old French estoffer, estofer (“to provide what is necessary, equip, stuff”), borrowed from Old High German stoffōn, from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn (“to clog up, block, fill”). More at stop. See: Old French 'estoffer'.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] or duck in the barn-yard but looked grave when they saw her approaching, and seemed evidently to be reflecting on their latter end; and certain it was that she was always meditating on trussing, stuffing and roasting, to a degree that was calculated to inspire terror in any reflecting fowl living. Her corn-cake, in all its varieties of hoe-cake, dodgers, muffins, and other species too numerous to [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ If you could only get me a mile back to that ar tavern. Give me a handkerchief or something, to stuff into this place, and stop this infernal bleeding. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] decidedly companionable; only that Cassy, who keeps little Eliza on her lap, occasionally squeezes the little thing, in a manner that rather astonishes her, and obstinately refuses to have her mouth stuffed with cake to the extent the little one desires,—alleging, what the child rather wonders at, that she has got something better than cake, and doesn't want it. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)