1. No thing; not anything: The box contained nothing. I've heard nothing about it. 2. No part; no portion: Nothing remains of the old house but the cellar hole. 3. One of no consequence, significance, or interest: The new nonsmoking policy is nothing to me.
n. 1. Something that has no existence. 2. Something that has no quantitative value; zero: a score of two to nothing. 3. One that has no substance or importance; a nonentity: “A nothing is a dreadful thing to hold onto” (Edna O'Brien).
adj.
Insignificant or worthless: “the utterly nothing role of a wealthy suitor” (Bosley Crowther).
adv.
In no way or degree; not at all: She looks nothing like her sister.
Idioms: for nothing
1. Free of charge. 2. To no avail: all that trouble for nothing. 3. For no reason: fired him for nothing.
in nothing flat In very little time; very quickly.
nothing doing Informal Certainly not.
Usage Note: According to the traditional rule, nothing is invariably treated as a singular, even when followed by an exception phrase containing a plural noun: Nothing except your fears stands (not stand) in your way. Nothing but roses meets (not meet) the eye. See Usage Note at none.
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GlåssDIAMOND Member The Ministry of Manipulation 2,523 posts Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Posted: Nothing:
All that remains, When love has gone.
Dr.NoodleHeadBRONZE Member member 170 posts Location: The Giant Mushroom, United Kingdom
Posted: Glass, you're a poet
"Well didst thou speak, Athena's wisest son! All that we know is, nothing can be known"
....that's according to Byron, who's another poet geezer.
Fish are just like trees except they move and they're invisible
DurbsBRONZE Member Classically British 5,689 posts Location: Epsom, Surrey, England
Posted: Ah Noodles, a true romantic at heart...
"Everything is everything. But somethings aren'y everything - and those things are what I call; Nothing" - Lenny Henry
Burner of Toast Spinner of poi Slacker of enormous magnitude