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What does thing mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word thing? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
  2. A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
  3. An individual object or distinct entity.
  4. (informal) Something that is existent or generally recognised.
  5. (law)
    1. Whatever can be owned.
    2. Corporeal object.
  6. (somewhat dated) The latest fad or fashion.
  7. (plural) Clothes, possessions or equipment.
  8. (informal) A unit or container, usually containing edible goods.
  9. (informal) A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
  10. A living being or creature.
  11. That which matters; the crux.
  12. Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.
  13. (informal) That which is favoured; personal preference. (Used in possessive constructions.)
  14. (chiefly historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
Verb
  1. (rare) To express as a thing; to reify.
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