Meaning of thing
Definition of thing
an action; "how could you do such a thing?"
a special abstraction; "a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart"
an artifact; "how does this thing work?"
an event; "a funny thing happened on the way to the..."
a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
a statement regarded as an object; "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?"
any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence; "the thing I like about her is ..."