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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | occurrence, natural event, occurrent, happening |
| Has types | feast |
a funny thing happened on the way to the....
thing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | feeling |
he has a thing about seafood.
she has a thing about him.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | physical entity |
| Has types | nonessential, body of water, building block, content, depicted object, essential, inessential, necessary, necessity, part, piece, requirement, requisite, reservoir, source, subject, unit, variable, water |
Examples of thing
thing
It turned out to be an even better thing as I got lost on my way to the airport.
From the stltoday.com
In their defense, the designers of the Mistraou know that the thing looks goofy.
From the stltoday.com
The thing that has hurt Roth Farms the most has been the loss of the sugar cane.
From the orlandosentinel.com
About the only thing the Sonics didn't do under Ackerley was win a league title.
From the sacbee.com
It was hard to open up wide enough for a bite, much less finish the whole thing.
From the ocregister.com
Now after seeing their support it helped me realize that we did earn this thing.
From the news-journalonline.com
I caught a chunk of her performance at Lollapalooza, though not the whole thing.
From the omaha.com
I guess the thing that really is dishearting is the way in which it was handled.
From the omaha.com
For one thing, the NIT was a bigger tournament than the upstart NCAA Tournament.
From the denverpost.com
- A special situation; "this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable 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..."
- Matter: a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
- A thing (Old Norse, Old English and Icelandic: u00FEing; German, Dutch: ding; modern Scandinavian languages: ting) was the governing assembly of a Germanic society, made up of the free people of the community presided over by lawspeakers. Its meeting-place was called a thingstead.
- The Thing (Benjamin Jacob "Ben" Grimm) is a fictional character, a founding member of the superhero team known as the Fantastic Four in the Marvel Comics universe. He was created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee in The Fantastic Four #1 (Nov. 1961). ...
- The Thing, also known as the Great Seal bug, was one of the first covert listening devices (or "bugs") to use 'passive' techniques to transmit an audio signal. ...
