nothing

1. n. Not word/anything">anything; no word/thing">thing (in the widest sense of the word thing); -- opposed to anything and something. Source: opted

2. n. Nonexistence; nonentity; absence of being; nihility; nothingness. Source: opted

3. n. A thing of no account, value, or note; something irrelevant and impertinent; something of comparative unimportance; utter insignificance; a trifle. Source: opted

4. n. A cipher; naught. Source: opted

5. adv. In no degree; not at all; in no wise. Source: opted

6. n. a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential Source: wordnet

7. adv. in no respect; to no degree Source: wordnet

8. 1. Not word/anything">anything; no word/thing">thing (in the widest sense of the word thing); -- opposed to Ant: anything and Ant: something. Yet had his aspect nothing of severe. Dryden. 2. Nonexistence; nonentity; absence of being; nihility; nothingness. Shak. 3. A thing of no account, value, or note; something irrelevant and impertinent; something of comparative unimportance; utter insignificance; a trifle. Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought. Is. xli. 24. 'T is nothing, says the fool; but, says the friend, This nothing, sir, will bring you to your end. Dryden. 4. (Arith.) A cipher; naught. Nothing but, only; no more than. Chaucer. -- To make nothing of. (a) To make no difficulty of; to consider as trifling or important. "We are industrious to preserve our bodies from slavery, but we make nothing of suffering our souls to be slaves to our lusts." Ray. (b) Not to understand; as, I could make nothing of what he said. In no degree; not at all; in no wise. Adam, with such counsel nothing swayed. Milton. The influence of reason in producing our passions is nothing near so extensive as is commonly believed. Burke. Nothing off (Naut.), an order to the steersman to keep the vessel close to the wind. Source: webster

9. A cipher; naught. Nothing but, only; no more than. Chaucer.-- To make nothing of. (a) To make no difficulty of; to consider astrifling or important. "We are industrious to preserve our bodiesfrom slavery, but we make nothing of suffering our souls to be slavesto our lusts." Ray. (b) Not to understand; as, I could make nothingof what he said. Source: adambom

10. p:99/n:1 n. a quantity of no importance r. in no respect; to no degree Source: ecdict

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