1. Any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
   "she packed her things and left"

1. A special situation
   "this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable thing" 
2. An action
   "how could you do such a thing?" 
3. A special abstraction
   "a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart" 
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
   "things are going well"
   - matter, affair 
7. A statement regarded as an object
   "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?" 
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"; "she has a thing about him" 
12. A separate and self-contained entity

Type of: abstract, abstraction, action, aim, artefact [Brit], artifact [N. Amer], attribute, belongings, concern, entity, feeling, happening, holding, natural event, object, objective, occurrence, occurrent, physical entity, property, situation, state of affairs, statement, target

Encyclopedia: Thing

• Clitoria mariana
• Clitoria turnatea
• clitoric
• clitoridectomy
• clitoris
• clitter
• Clive
• Clive Sinclair
• Clive Staples Lewis
• clivers
• Cllr
• cloaca
• cloacal
• cloak
• cloak-and-dagger
• cloaked
• cloakmaker
• cloakroom
• clobber
• cloche
• clock
• clock dial
• clock face
• clock golf
• clock in