thing
thing is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 10 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.He sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt. Gen. xiv.
- 2.A thing of beauty is a joy forever. Keats.
- 3.An inanimate object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless material. Ye meads and groves, unsonscious things! Cowper.
- 4.A transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed. [And Jacob said] All these things are against me. Gen. xlii.
- 5.Which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things. Matt. xxi.
- 6.4. A portion or part; something. Wieked men who understand any thing of wisdom. Tillotson.
- 7.A diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing; -- often used in pity or contempt. See, sons, what things you are! Shak. The poor thing sighed, and . . . turned from me. Addison. I'll be this abject thing no more. Granville. I have a thing in prose. Swift.
- 8.pl. Clothes; furniture; appurtenances; luggage; as, to pack or store one's things. [Colloq.] Note: Formerly, the singular was sometimes used in a plural or collective sense. And them she gave her moebles and her thing. Chaucer. Note: Thing was used in a very general sense in Old English, and is still heard colloquially where some more definite term would be used in careful composition. In the garden [he] walketh to and fro, And hath his things [i. e., prayers, devotions] said full courteously. Chaucer. Hearkening his minstrels their things play. Chaucer.
- 9.(Law) Whatever may be possessed or owned; a property; -- distinguished from person.
- 10.[In this sense pronounced tîng.] In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly. Longfellow. Things personal. (Law) Same as Personal property, under Personal. -- Things real. Same as Real property, under Real.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- ablude
- all
- alteration
- and
- another
- apart
- apple
- article
- basta
- bear
- being
- blase
- blood
- bodily
- body
- bore
- brute
- cast
- chalk
- change
- characteristic
- cheese
- child
- class
- cloy
- cloyment
- color
- condition
- contradistinction
- contrast
- corporal
- corporality
- corporeal
- corporeity
- corpus
- creativeness
- creature
- daedal
- daisy
- delicate
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is thing.
- What is he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt. Gen. xiv called?
- What is a thing of beauty is a joy forever. Keats called?
- What is an inanimate object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless material. Ye meads and groves, unsonscious things! Cowper called?
- What is a transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed. [And Jacob said] All these things are against me. Gen. xlii called?
- What is which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things. Matt. xxi called?
- What is 4. A portion or part; something. Wieked men who understand any thing of wisdom. Tillotson called?
- What is whatever may be possessed or owned; a property; -- distinguished from person called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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