THING

noun a portion or part; something.

2. thing ·noun a transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed.

3. thing ·noun in scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly.

4. thing ·add. ·noun ·alt. of ting.

5. thing ·noun whatever may be possessed or owned; a property;

— distinguished from person.

6. thing ·noun clothes; furniture; appurtenances; luggage; as, to pack or store one's things.

7. thing ·noun an inanimate object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless material.

8. thing ·noun a diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing;

— often used in pity or contempt.

9. thing ·noun whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.