Thing

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A portion or part; something.

II. Thing ·noun A transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed.

III. Thing ·noun In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly.

IV. Thing ·add. ·noun ·Alt. of Ting.

V. Thing ·noun Whatever may be possessed or owned; a property;

— distinguished from person.

VI. Thing ·noun Clothes; furniture; appurtenances; luggage; as, to pack or store one's things.

VII. Thing ·noun An inanimate object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless material.

VIII. Thing ·noun A diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing;

— often used in pity or contempt.

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