Lexic.us

Definition of Thing

1. Noun. A special situation. "It is a remarkable thing"

2. Noun. An action. "How could you do such a thing?"

3. Noun. A special abstraction. "Things of the heart"

4. Noun. An artifact. "How does this thing work?"

5. Noun. An event. "A funny thing happened on the way to the..."

6. Noun. A vaguely specified concern. "Things are going well"

7. Noun. A statement regarded as an object. "How can you say such a thing?"

8. Noun. An entity that is not named specifically. "I couldn't tell what the thing was"

9. Noun. Any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence. "The thing I like about her is ..."

10. Noun. A special objective. "The thing is to stay in bounds"

11. Noun. A persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion. "She has a thing about him"

12. Noun. A separate and self-contained entity.

Definition of Thing

1. n. Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.

2. n. In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly; -- used, esp. in composition, in titles of such bodies. See Legislature, Norway.

Definition of Thing

1. Noun. (chiefly historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country. ¹

2. Noun. That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept. ¹

3. Noun. A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity. ¹

4. Noun. An individual object or distinct entity. ¹

5. Noun. (legal) whatever can be owned. ¹

6. Noun. The latest fad or fashion. ¹

7. Noun. (in the plural) clothes, possessions or equipment. ¹

8. Noun. (informal) A unit or container, usually containing edible goods. ¹

9. Noun. (informal) A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor. ¹

10. Noun. (slang) A penis. ¹

11. Noun. A living being or creature. ¹

12. Noun. That which matters; the crux. ¹

13. Noun. (non-gloss definition Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.) ¹

14. Noun. (chiefly historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thing

1. an inanimate object [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thing

thin film thin layer chromatography thin on the ground thin out thin person thin section thin space thin spaces thin trading thinck

thinclad thinclads thindown thindowns thine thing-in-itself thingal thingamabob thingamabobs thingamajig

thingamajiggy thingamajigs thingamy thinge thinger thingers thinges thinghood thingie

Literary usage of Thing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hamlet by William Shakespeare (2001)
"A thing,' my lord ? Ham. Of nothing ; bring me to him. ... When the courtiers remark that Ham. has contemptuously called the King a thing, Ham. defends ..."

2. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... neither clothes, or provi- fions, or any thing in the world, but what they had on them, and a few roots to eat, of which they ufed to make their bread. ..."

3. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)
"Chr. That may be through its deceitfulness ; for a man's heart may minister comfort to him in the hopes of that thing for which he has yet no ground to hope ..."

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