thing

1. That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
2. A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
3. An individual object or distinct entity.
4. A genuine concept, entity or phenomenon; something that actually exists (often contrary to expectation or belief).

   Bacon pie? Is that a thing?

5. Whatever can be owned.
6. Corporeal object.
7. (somewhat obsolete, with the) The latest fad or fashion.
8. (in the plural) Clothes, possessions or equipment.

   Hold on, let me just grab my things.

9. 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

10. A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.

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

11. A penis.
12. 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

13. 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

14. 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.

15. That which is favoured; personal preference. (Used in possessive constructions.)
16. A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
17. A romantic relationship.

verb

To express as a thing; to reify.