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[C, usually sing.] all the workers employed in an organization considered as a group: medical / library staff ◆ (BrE) teaching staff ◆ (BrE) We have 20 part-time members of staff. ◆ (AmE) staff members ◆ staff development / training ◆ a staff restaurant / meeting ◆ (especially BrE) a lawyer on the staff of the Worldwide Fund for Nature5 b& Q# e$ d6 q
See also GROUND STAFF, l* R+ n- G5 ?. T; l
[sing.] (AmE) the people who work at a school, college or university, but who do not teach students: students, faculty and staff
x" |8 S" q' h4 ]- h1 O" D [C+sing./pl. v.] a group of senior army officers who help a commanding officer: a staff officer6 s S% I4 X* r9 n) ]7 X& [% l
See also CHIEF OF STAFF, GENERAL STAFF
1 Z( V) e) z, V/ x% H% w5 x6 q3 H [C] (old-fashioned or formal) a long stick used as a support when walking or climbing, as a weapon, or as a symbol of authority
! }6 _# [& o3 V6 N( J& H [C] (music) (especially AmE) = STAVE, ~% Q7 R7 C5 S6 j$ ]0 _
Idioms: the staff of life (literary) a basic food, especially bread
. T% n- A+ i! H3 b2 d$ c verb [VN] [usually passive] to work in an institution, a company, etc.; to provide people to work there: The advice centre is staffed entirely by volunteers. ◆ The charity provided money to staff and equip two hospitals. ◆ a fully staffed department
0 z" f# `" L! X3 }! W5 ySee also OVERSTAFFED, SHORT-STAFFED, UNDERSTAFFED
* B& e3 W" |# J4 a* dstaffing noun [U]: staffing levels5 [. @, H5 i9 }: `- t8 {
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I have ten staff working for me. If it is the subject of a verb this verb is plural:5 I; r! {+ `+ l" F) N
The staff in this shop are very helpful.5 E$ _! D- E( @
In AmE staff (senses 1 and 2) can only be singular: a staff of ten (but not ten staff.) ◆ The staff in this store is very helpful.- j* A5 H, s/ [! f% V r4 X
The plural form staffs is less frequent but is used in both BrE and AmE to refer to more than one group of people: the senator and his staff (singular) ◆ senators and their staffs (plural).
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adjective (stiffer, stiffest)
' a3 t& R% k6 i3 e6 ^7 g- Hdifficult to bend / move
: o. b1 t( e9 A9 p' S5 @ firm and difficult to bend or move: stiff cardboard ◆ a stiff brush ◆ The windows were stiff and she couldn't get them open. ◆ I've got a stiff neck.
9 N) N& G/ u3 s1 ~muscles
, T% D' [) {; w. A( B" ` when a person is stiff, their muscles hurt when they move them: I'm really stiff after that bike ride yesterday.
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thick and almost solid; difficult to stir: Whisk the egg whites until stiff./ c+ }4 }4 _5 J5 p+ X; o" K
difficult / severe1 b9 m v4 m% v# _4 E" o9 i
more difficult or severe than usual: It was a stiff climb to the top of the hill. ◆ The company faces stiff competition from its rivals. ◆ The new proposals have met with stiff opposition. ◆ There are stiff fines for breaking the rules. ◆ a stiff breeze / wind (= one that blows strongly)
& V, o# ]( ?! B6 X2 L1 e2 B8 hnot friendly
' R- l: p2 ~6 S, H' s' _2 x2 w3 F (of a person or their behaviour) not friendly or relaxed: The speech he made to welcome them was stiff and formal.
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(informal) costing a lot or too much: There's a stiff £6 entrance fee to the exhibition.
- Y3 o6 `8 q8 n. i, k- Malcoholic drink
& R8 n: M' h( f- f4 ~7 [ [only before noun] strong; containing a lot of alcohol: a stiff whisky ◆ 'What you need is a stiff drink,' he told her.; E- o7 A2 s- e7 w$ Y% |! T2 F
stiffly adverb: 'Thank you,' she replied stiffly. ◆ The key turned stiffly in the lock. ◆ She sat down stiffly on a chair by the wall, aware that they were looking at her.
% e- N1 n O6 Z' U9 f: [1 P, lstiffness noun [U]: pain and stiffness in her legs ◆ She could tell from his eyes and the stiffness of his voice that she had offended him.7 E) v9 g/ q& M# d% z
Idioms: (keep) a stiff upper lip to keep calm and hide your feelings when you are in pain or in a difficult situation: He was taught to keep a stiff upper lip and never to cry in public. ◆ Their reaction contrasts sharply with the stiff upper lip of the English.
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(informal) very much; to an extreme degree: be bored / scared / worried stiff
2 b/ A% z7 j1 z$ j frozen ~ (of wet material) very cold and hard because the water has become ice: The clothes on the washing line were frozen stiff. ◆ I came home from the game frozen stiff (= very cold).
. t3 Y; p r4 \5 @8 P noun (slang) the body of a dead person: K0 {) f# e- S. D
verb [VN] (AmE, informal) to cheat sb or not pay them what you owe them, especially by not leaving any money as a TIP
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(informal, sometimes disapproving) used to refer to a substance, material, group of objects, etc. when you do not know the name, when the name is not important or when it is obvious what you are talking about: What's all that sticky stuff on the carpet? ◆ The chairs were covered in some sort of plastic stuff. ◆ This wine is good stuff. ◆ (disapproving) I don't know how you can eat that stuff! ◆ They sell stationery and stuff (like that). ◆ Where's all my stuff (= my possessions)? ◆ (disapproving) Could you move all that stuff off the table?
+ U) o! ]8 O$ l0 @& l( ?9 LSee also FOODSTUFF% ^- @! g6 t! d3 B1 O
(informal) used to refer in a general way to things that people do, say, think, etc: I've got loads of stuff to do today. ◆ I like reading and stuff. ◆ The band did some great stuff on their first album. ◆ This is all good stuff. Well done! ◆ What's all this 'Mrs Smith' stuff? Call me Anna. ◆ I don't believe in all that stuff about ghosts.
- f2 [7 ]( X' x; n3 o ~ (of sth) (formal or literary) the most important feature of sth; something that sth else is based on or is made from: The trip was magical; the stuff of which dreams are made. ◆ Parades and marches were the very stuff of politics in the region. ◆ Let's see what stuff you're made of (= what sort of person you are).( E0 V, C" Q6 j8 L
See also HOT STUFF, x# \8 p2 C2 g
Idioms: do your stuff (informal) to do what you are good at or what you have been trained to do: Some members of the team are just not doing their stuff (= doing as well as they should). ◆ (figurative) The medicine has clearly done its stuff.4 G0 D1 F% j) W! z2 K5 a
not give a stuff (BrE, slang) to not care at all about sth% X3 b) v L. G( j2 y+ W& _1 k, Q
stuff and nonsense exclamation (old-fashioned, informal) used by some people to say that they think that sth is stupid or not true2 X( t' ]1 F8 x
more at KID n., KNOW v., STERN adj., STRUT v., SWEAT v.8 J$ z8 n3 k$ N- M& T8 Y
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, J, j: }, B6 F' w5 L# T. p6 M~ B (in, into, under, etc. A) to fill a space or container tightly with sth: [VN] She had 500 envelopes to stuff with leaflets. ◆ She had 500 leaflets to stuff into envelopes. ◆ The fridge is stuffed to bursting. ◆ My nose is stuffed up (= blocked because of illness). ◆ [VN-ADJ] All the drawers were stuffed full of letters and papers.
' k! f# S( g0 d+ ]) m3 Q [VN +adv./prep.] to push sth quickly and carelessly into a small space: She stuffed the money under a cushion. ◆ His hands were stuffed in his pockets. ◆ Robyn quickly stuffed clothes into an overnight bag.+ ]# s7 i, ?" z8 v& f2 g, S! K
[VN] to fill a vegetable, chicken, etc. with another type of food: Are you going to stuff the turkey? ◆ stuffed peppers4 c1 U$ s6 X! |2 J* ?' q' s; H
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~ your face (informal) to eat a lot of food or too much food; to give sb a lot or too much to eat: He sat at the table stuffing himself. ◆ Don't stuff the kids with chocolate before their dinner. ◆ We stuffed our faces at the party.
- ]0 E. o% m) p Q [VN] [usually passive] to fill the dead body of an animal with material and preserve it, so that it keeps its original shape and appearance: They had had their pet dog stuffed.& m0 y- Y, r' s- O- }6 w8 Y; J% A& E9 `
Idioms: get stuffed (BrE, spoken) used to tell sb in a rude and angry way to go away, or that you do not want sth: If they don't offer you more money, tell them to get stuffed.9 H9 w3 D( u* O
stuff it (spoken, informal) used to show that you have changed your mind about sth or do not care about sth: I didn't want a part in the play, then I thought-stuff it-why not? ◆ Stuff it. At my age it doesn't matter.
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