verb/e.tɔ.fe/
to stuff (a pillow, food); to upholster; to fill out; to pad out; to flesh out (give something more substance); to fill out (to get plumper)
“Je grandis, je grossis, je m'étoffe.”
Synonyms: confectionner, farcir, enrichir
Inherited from Middle French estoffer, from Old French estoffer, estofer (“to provide what is needed, equip, decorate”), from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn (“to stuff”). Doublet of stopper.