What is the meaning of thing?

noun

• A special situation.
  • usage: "this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable thing"
• An action.
  • usage: "how could you do such a thing"
• A special abstraction.
  • usage: "a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart"
• An artifact.
  • usage: "how does this thing work"
• An event.
  • usage: "a funny thing happened on the way to the..."
• A vaguely specified concern.
  • usage: "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
  • synonyms: matter, affair
• A statement regarded as an object.
  • usage: "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing"
• An entity that is not named specifically.
  • usage: "I couldn't tell what the thing was"
• Any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence.
  • usage: "the thing I like about her is. .."
• A special objective.
  • usage: "the thing is to stay in bounds"
• A persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion.
  • usage: "he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him"
• A separate and self-contained entity. .