thing

noun

1. a special situation"this thing has got to end"
2. an action"how could you do such a thing?"
3. a special abstraction"a thing of the spirit"
4. an artifact"how does this thing work?"
5. an event"a funny thing happened on the way to the …"
6. a vaguely specified concern"several matters to attend to"
7. a statement regarded as an object"to say the same thing in other terms"
8. an entity that is not named specifically"I couldn't tell what the thing was"
9. any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence"the thing I like about her is …"
10. a special objective"the thing is to stay in bounds"
11. a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion"he has a thing about seafood"
12. a separate and self-contained entity