thing | a separate and selfontained entity |
living thing animate thing | a living (or once living) entity |
matter | that which has mass and occupies space, physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it |
thing | an action, how could you do such a thing? |
appearance | the act of appearing in public view, the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period, it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America |
hit smash smasher strike bang | a conspicuous success, that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career, that new Broadway show is a real smasher, the party went with a bang |
strike | (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders, this pitcher throws more strikes than balls |
hit hitting striking | the act of contacting one thing with another, repeated hitting raised a large bruise, after three misses she finally got a hit |
strike ten-strike | a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball, he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame |
near thing | something that barely avoids failure or disaster |
introduction debut first appearance launching unveiling entry | the act of beginning something new, they looked forward to the debut of their new product line |
appearance show | pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression, they try to keep up appearances, that ceremony is just for show |
strike | an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective, the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn |
first strike | the initial use of nuclear weapons to attack a country that also has nuclear weapons, considered feasible only when the attacker can destroy the other country's ability to retaliate, the Pakistani president promised no first strike against India |
surgical strike | an attack (usually without prior warning) intended to deal only with a specific target |
preventive strike preventive attack | a strike that is carried out in order to deter expected aggression by hostile forces |
appearance appearing coming into court | formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action |
hunger strike | a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest |
strike work stoppage | a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions, the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled |
sit-down sit-down strike | a strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached |
sympathy strike sympathetic strike | a strike in support of other workers who are on strike, a strike not resulting from direct grievances against the workers' employer |
wildcat strike | a strike undertaken by workers without approval from the officials of their union |
pre-emptive strike | a surprise attack that is launched in order to prevent the enemy from doing it to you |
airport airdrome aerodrome drome | an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo |
air terminal airport terminal | a terminal that serves air travelers or air freight |
thing | an artifact, how does this thing work? |
thing | an entity that is not named specifically, I couldn't tell what the thing was |
thing | any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence, the thing I like about her is ... |
appearance visual aspect | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing |
certainty sure thing foregone conclusion | something that is certain, his victory is a certainty |
real McCoy real thing real stuff | informal usage attributing authenticity |
matter | (used with negation) having consequence, they were friends and it was no matter who won the games |
grey matter gray matter grey substance gray substance substantia grisea | greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers, forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons |
white matter substantia alba | whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths |
matter affair thing | a vaguely specified concern, several matters to attend to, it is none of your affair, things are going well |
matter | a problem, is anything the matter? |
noumenon thing-in-itself | the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception |
topic subject issue matter | some situation or event that is thought about, he kept drifting off the topic, he had been thinking about the subject for several years, it is a matter for the police |
matter of fact | a matter that is an actual fact or is demonstrable as a fact |
thing | a special abstraction, a thing of the spirit, things of the heart |
appearance | a mental representation, I tried to describe his appearance to the police |
thing | a special objective, the thing is to stay in bounds |
conservation of mass conservation of matter law of conservation of mass law of conservation of matter | a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system |
matter | written works (especially in books or magazines), he always took some reading matter with him on the plane |
text textual matter | the words of something written, there were more than a thousand words of text, they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech, he wants to reconstruct the original text |
copy written matter | matter to be printed, exclusive of graphical materials |
front matter prelims | written matter preceding the main text of a book |
back matter end matter | written matter following the main text of a book |
message content subject matter substance | what a communication that is about something is about |
crux crux of the matter | the most important point |