THINGS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does things mean? 

• THINGS (noun)
  The noun THINGS has 1 sense:

1. any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

  Familiarity information: THINGS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THINGS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Context example:

she packed her things and left

Hypernyms ("things" is a kind of...):

belongings; holding; property (something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone)

 Context examples 

"Get your things off," her companion said to her.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Why is it that you have not done great things in this world?

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

That will just show you how fond he was of me, Mr. Holmes, and the little things that he would think of.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

But he did not know why he did these various things.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

These things will be of service to you with the Prince.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

No one knows how these things are worked.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He saw the glance, but he gave no sign, for among the things he had learned was discipline.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I have known such things to happen.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They wouldn't touch the guns and things—thought them dangerous, I expect—but they carried away all our loose food.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)