nnoun.quantitya quantity of no importanceSynset:aught cipher cypher goose egg nada naught nil nix nothing null zilch zip zippo
Examples:- it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
- reduced to nil all the work we had done
- we racked up a pathetic goose egg
- it was all for naught
- I didn't hear zilch about it
Derivationally Related Form:zero
Hypernyms:relative quantity
Inherited Hypernyms:nothingrelative quantitymeasureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:Fanny Adamsbugger allfuck allnihilsweet Fanny Adams
Full Hyponyms:bugger allnihil
nnoun.quantitya mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same numberSynset:0 cipher cypher nought
Derivationally Related Form:zerocyphercipher
Hypernyms:digit figure
Inherited Hypernyms:zerodigitintegernumberdefinite quantitymeasureabstractionentity
nnoun.cognitionthe point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measuredSynset:zero point
Derivationally Related Form:zero
Hypernyms:numerical quantity
Inherited Hypernyms:zeronumerical quantityquantityconceptideacontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.artifactthe sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowingHypernyms:sight setting
Inherited Hypernyms:zerosight settinggunsightsightsoptical instrumentinstrumentdeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.changeadjust (an instrument or device) to zero valueDerivationally Related Form:zero
Hypernyms:adjust correct set
Inherited Hypernyms:zeroadjustchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changeadjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun)Synset:zero in
Examples:- He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards
Hypernyms:adjust correct set
Inherited Hypernyms:zeroadjustchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something