- thing - a special situation; "this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable thing"
--1 is a kind of situation, state of affairs
- thing - an action; "how could you do such a thing?"
--2 is a kind of action
- thing - an artifact; "how does this thing work?"
--3 is a kind of artifact, artefact
--3 has particulars:flagship; pill; snorter; standby; variation; wobbler - thing - an event; "a funny thing happened on the way to the..."
--4 is a kind of happening, occurrence, natural event
--4 has particulars: feast- thing - a statement regarded as an object; "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?"
--5 is a kind of statement
- thing - any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence; "the thing I like about her is ..."
--6 is a kind of attribute
- thing - a special abstraction; "a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart"
--7 is a kind of abstraction, abstract
- matter, affair, thing - a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
--8 is a kind of concern
- thing - an entity that is not named specifically; "I couldn't tell what the thing was"
--9 is a kind of entity
--9 has particulars:change; freshener; horror; jimdandy, jimhickey, crackerjack; security blanket; stinker; whacker, whopper - thing - a special objective; "the thing is to stay in bounds"
--10 is a kind of aim, object, objective, target
- thing - a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion; "he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him"
--11 is a kind of feeling
- thing - a separate and self-contained entity
--12 is a kind of entity
--12 has particulars: - thing - an action; "how could you do such a thing?"