Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.
An inanimate object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless material.
A diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing; -- often used in pity or contempt.
In OWL, a generic name for anything - abstract, animate, inanimate, whatever. The class which anything is in. (In RDF parlance, confusingly, rdf:Resource.) Identified by a URI with or without a "#" in it. Tip: Saying something is a Thing doesn't tell anyone anything, which is why you don't see it much.
An object, fact, affair, circumstance or concept considered as being a separate entity; a separate and distinct object of thought (e.g., a quality, a fact or an idea); the concrete entity as distinguished from its appearance.
a statement regarded as an object; "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?"
an entity that is not named specifically; "I couldn't tell what the thing was"
a special objective; "the thing is to stay in bounds"
a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion; "he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him"
a separate and self-contained entity
a bounded entity, separate from other entities
a mobile object, which can be picked up, dropped, and manipulated in various ways
an entity of the non self aware variety (it's aware but not aware of being aware, an entity like a GE, but not quite a thetan) which has been given a simple mind and a shape made of "ethereal" energies
an object or system that is distinct in some manner from other objects or systems
an object that appears closer than it really is and is more probably receding backwards the further forward we travel
an object --that is, a being , an entity
an object that will have a location in addition to a name
an object you can pick up and carry around
a requirement to objectively approach that subject
a transient O', where O' can do duty for 'transient object or entity'
Most generally used for anything named. This very generality gives it frequent advantage over its pretentious substitutes, Entity and substance, and more particularly over Object in the common case in which the type of objectivity involved is not specified. Though sometimes facilitating epistemological or logical evasion, its very looseness of application is safer than the insufficiently analyzed rigidities of the other words mentioned. See p. 114 footnote 1; p. 132, footnote 4; and pp. 186-187.
Very often the top of a generalization tree. This is the top object in the Cyc ontology. Some ontologies restrict thing to tangible real-world items with persistence.