Meaning

• That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.

• A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.

• An individual object or distinct entity.

• A genuine concept, entity or phenomenon; something that actually exists (often contrary to expectation or belief).

  "Bacon pie? Is that a thing?"

• Whatever can be owned.

• Corporeal object.

• (somewhat obsolete, with the) The latest fad or fashion.

• (in the plural) Clothes, possessions or equipment.

  "Hold on, let me just grab my things."

• A unit or container, usually containing edible goods.

  "get me a thing of apple juice at the store;  I just ate a whole thing of jelly beans"

• A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.

  "The car looks cheap, but the thing is, I have doubts about its safety."

• A penis.

• A living being or creature.

  "you poor thing;  she's a funny old thing, but her heart's in the right place;  I met a pretty blond thing at the bar"

• That which matters; the crux.

  "that's the thing: we don't know where he went;  the thing is, I don't have any money"

• Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.

  "Oh yeah, I'm supposed to promote that vision thing."

• That which is favoured; personal preference. (Used in possessive constructions.)

• A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.

• A romantic relationship.

Meaning

• To express as a thing; to reify.