n. an action; "how could you do such a thing?"

n. an entity that is not named specifically; "I couldn't tell what the thing was"

n. an artifact; "how does this thing work?"

n. any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence; "the thing I like about her is ..."

n. a special abstraction; "a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart"

n. a special objective; "the thing is to stay in bounds"

n. a statement regarded as an object; "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?"

n. an event; "a funny thing happened on the way to the..."

n. a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion; "he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him"

n. people who are still living; "save your pity for the living"

n. a special situation; "this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable thing"

n. the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"

n. a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"

n. the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes"

n. the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"

adj. (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried; "carved into the living stone";

adj. (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried; "carved into the living stone";

adj. presented before a live audience: "living theater"

adj. true to life; lifelike; "the living image of her mother"

adj. possessing life; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary"

adj. endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings"

adj. still in existence; "the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil"; "the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania"

n. a notable achievement; "he performed a great deed"; "the book was her finest effort"

n. one of a class of artifacts; "an article of clothing"

n. an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"

n. an artifact; "how does this thing work?"

n. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

n. articles of commerce

n. an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"

n. an entity that is not named specifically; "I couldn't tell what the thing was"

n. something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use"

n. a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

n. a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection; "they reduced the price on many items"

n. a brief version of the essential meaning of something; "get to the point"; "he missed the point of the joke"; "life has lost its point"

n. something that happens at a given place and time

n. the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt

n. an energetic style

n. the feeling of lively and cheerful joy; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed"

n. merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"

n. the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action"

n. a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"

adj. having existence or being or actuality; "an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient"; "much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran"

adj. endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings"

adj. actively spewing out lava; "a geyser is an intermittently eruptive hot spring"

adj. possessing life; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary"

adj. actively spewing out lava; "a geyser is an intermittently eruptive hot spring"

adj. having existence or being or actuality; "an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient"; "much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran"

adj. possessing life; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary"

adj. capable of life or normal growth and development; "viable seeds"; "a viable fetus"

adj. full of spirit; "a dynamic full of life woman"; "a vital and charismatic leader"; "this whole lively world"

adj. afire: "live coals"

adj. connected to a power source: "a live wire"; "a hot wire"

adj. of a ball; "the ball is still in play"

adj. having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue; "the scientist corresponds with colleagues in order to learn about matters relevant to her own research"

adj. still capable of exploding or being fired; "undischarged ammunition"; "an unexploded bomb"

adj. an appearance carried out personally in someone else's physical presence; "he carried out the negotiations in person"; "a personal appearance is an appearance by a person in the flesh"

adj. not recorded on film or tape

adj. guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics"

adj. evoking lifelike images within the mind; "pictorial poetry and prose"; "graphic accounts of battle"; "a lifelike portrait"; "a vivid description"

adj. coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson

adj. representing things or actions or conditions as they actually are; "the novel about ghetto life was true to life"; "true-to-life duck decoys"

adj. being actually such in almost every respect; "a practical failure"; "the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin"

adj. (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried; "carved into the living stone";

adj. capable of life or normal growth and development; "viable seeds"; "a viable fetus"

adj. full of spirit; "a dynamic full of life woman"; "a vital and charismatic leader"; "this whole lively world"

adj. having life or vigor or spirit; "an animated and expressive face"; "animated conversation"; "became very animated when he heard the good news"

n. people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead"

adj. having died recently; "her late husband"

adj. not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects"; "dead stones"

adj. no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives; "an extinct species of fish"; "an extinct royal family"; "extinct laws and customs"