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Definitions of nothing

1. a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

2. a nonexistent thing Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

3. in no way; to no degree; "he looks nothing like his father" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

4. In no degree; not at all. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

5. Nonexistence; nonentity; absence of being; nihility; nothingness. Webster Dictionary DB

6. A thing of no account, value, or note; something irrelevant and impertinent; something of comparative unimportance; utter insignificance; a trifle. Webster Dictionary DB

7. A cipher; naught. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

8. In no degree; not at all; in no wise. Webster Dictionary DB

9. Not anything; no thing (in the widest sense of the word thing); - opposed to anything and something. Webster Dictionary DB

10. Not anything; as, I have nothing to say; a thing of no value, use, or importance; a cipher; a nobody. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

11. In no degree. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

12. No thing: nonexistence: absence or negation of being: no part or degree: a low condition: no value or use: not anything of importance, a trifle: utter insignificance, no difficulty or trouble: no magnitude: a cipher. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

13. Not anything. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

14. Not anything; nonentity; a trifle. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

15. In no degree. To make nothing of, to consider as trifling. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

16. Not anything; non-existence; no part; no importance; no use; a thing of no importance; a cipher. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

17. Not anything; non-existence; no particular thing; no quantity or degree; no importance, value, or use; no fortune or means; no difficulty; a trifle; a symbol or character denoting absence or want; a cipher. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

18. Not anything; no thing in the widest sense of the word thing; -- opposed to anything and something. mso.anu.edu.au

19. nuth'ing, n. no thing: non-existence: absence of being: a low condition: no value or use: not anything of importance, a trifle: utter insignificance, no difficulty or trouble: no magnitude: a cipher.--adv. in no degree: not at all.--adj. and n. NOTHING[=A]'RIAN, believing nothing.--ns. NOTHING[=A]'RIANISM; NOTH'ING-GIFT (Shak.), a gift of no value; NOTH'INGISM, nihility; NOTH'INGNESS, state of being nothing or of no value: a thing of no value.--NOTHING BUT, no more than: only; NOTHING LESS THAN, equal to: as much as.--COME TO NOTHING, to have no result: to turn out a failure; MAKE NOTHING OF, to consider as of no difficulty or importance; NECK OR NOTHING (see NECK); NEXT TO NOTHING, almost nothing. [No and thing.] gutenberg.org/ebooks/37683

20. No thing (with adj. following, as n. great is easy); not anything, nought, (has n. in him, is insignificant or without individuality; there is n. in it, it is untrue or unimportant; n. venture n. have, excuse for or encouragement to bold action; n. like LEATHER; NECK or n.; dance on n., be hanged; fade away &c. to n., disappear gradually; no n. colloq., conclusion of negative list, as no bread, no butter, no cheese, no n.; n. else than or but, n. but, force &c., merely force &c., force &c. alone, unmistakable force &c.; there is n. for it but to, no alternative; n. if not critical &c., critical &c. leading characteristic; get thing for n., gratis; have endured it for n., to no purpose; so it was not for n. that he read Plato; that is n. to you, not your concern; make n. of, treat as trifle; make n. of doing, do without hesitation or as ordinary matter; can make n. of, cannot understand, find solution of, use, develop, or deal with; come to n., turn out useless, fail, not amount to anything; have n. to do with, not be concerned with, avoid dealing with or society of; all to n., longest odds); trifle, very inferior thing, (that is n., i.e. in comparison with what I am going to tell you; he is n. without his money; learning is n. to, i.e. compared with, genius); (Arith.) no amount, nought, (multiply 6 by n., & the result is n.); non-existence, what does not exist; (with a& pl.) trifling thing, event, remark, or person (the little nn. of life; whisper soft nn.; the new commander-in-chief was a n.); (of religious belief) be n., belong to no denomination, be an atheist or agnostic, whence nothingarian, n. (Adv.) not at all, in no way, (differs n. from; is n. less than monstrous, positively; helps us n.; avails n.; is n. like as or so good &c.; is n. near so extensive). Concise Oxford Dictionary

21. n. Not any thing ; no thing ;—non-existence ; nonentity ; nihility ; nothingness ; —not any thing of account, value, or the like ; a trifle. Cabinet Dictionary