Used to impart a tentative, conjectural or polite nuance.
Will be likely to (become or do something); indicates a degree of possibility or probability that the stated thing will happen or be true in the future.
Indicates that something is expected to have happened or to be the case now.
Used to express a conditional outcome.
With verbs such as 'see' or 'hear', usually in the second person, used to point out something remarkable in either a good or bad way.
To make a statement of what ought to be true, as opposed to reality.
Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation.
Simple past tense of shall.
In questions, asks what is correct, proper, desirable, etc.
Used to issue an instruction (traditionally seen as carrying less force of authority than alternatives such as 'shall' or 'must').
Used to give advice or opinion that an action is, or would have been, beneficial or desirable.
Used to form a variant of the present subjunctive, expressing a state or action that is hypothetical, potential, mandated, etc.
Something that ought to be the case as opposed to already being the case.
Used to contemptuously dismiss or reject something. See also stuff it.
To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre.
To compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later.
To fill with seasoning.
To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.
To break; to destroy.
To load goods into (a container) for transport.
To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.
To sate.
To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.
To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
To heavily defeat or get the better of.
To sexually penetrate.
To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.
Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language.
Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.
The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.
Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.
Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
Unspecified things or matters.
A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
Abstract/figurative substance or character.