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Entry 9 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Thing

/(thĭng)/ · IPA /ˈθɪŋ/
01 n. Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of t…
  1. 1.
    Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.
    “God made . . . every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind.” — Gen. i. 25.
    “He sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt.” — Gen. xiv. 23.
    “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” — Keats.
  2. 2.
    An inanimate object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless material.
    “Ye meads and groves, unconscious things!” — Cowper.
  3. 3.
    A transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed.
    “[And Jacob said] All these things are against me.” — Gen. xlii. 36.
    “Which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.” — Matt. xxi. 24.
  4. 4.
    A portion or part; something.
    “Wicked men who understand any thing of wisdom.” — Tillotson.
  5. 5.
    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.
  6. 6.
    Clothes; furniture; appurtenances; luggage; as, to pack or store one's things.[Colloq.]
    “And them she gave her moebles and her thing.” — Chaucer.
    “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.
  7. 7.
    Whatever may be possessed or owned; a property; -- distinguished from person.(Law)
  8. 8.
    In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly.
Phrases & compounds
Things personal — Same as Personal property, under Personal.
Things real — Same as Real property, under Real.
02 n. In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly; -- used, esp. in composition, in titles of such bodies. See Legislature, Norway.
  1. 1.
    In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly; -- used, esp. in composition, in titles of such bodies. See Legislature, Norway. See: Legislature