something indefinite pronoun
An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.
(colloquial, of someone or something) A quality to a moderate degree.
(colloquial, of a person) A talent or quality that is difficult to specify.
(colloquial, often with really or quite) Somebody who or something that is superlative or notable in some way.
• (unspecified thing): sth (especially in dictionaries)
• (quality that is difficult to specify): je ne sais quoi
something (not comparable)
Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify.
something (not comparable)
(degree) Somewhat; to a degree.
(degree, colloquial) To a high degree.
something (third-person singular simple present somethings, present participle somethinging, simple past and past participle somethinged)
Applied to an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song.
something (plural somethings)
An object whose nature is yet to be defined.
An object whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g, from words of a song. Also used to refer to an object earlier indefinitely referred to as 'something' (pronoun sense).
Source: Wiktionary
Some"thing, n.
1. Anything unknown, undetermined, or not specifically designated; a certain indefinite thing; an indeterminate or unknown event; an unspecified task, work, or thing. There is something in the wind. Shak. The whole world has something to do, something to talk of, something to wish for, and something to be employed about. Pope. Something attemped, something done, Has earned a night's repose. Longfellow.
2. A part; a portion, more or less; an indefinite quantity or degree; a little. Something yet of doubt remains. Milton. Something of it arises from our infant state. I. Watts.
3. A person or thing importance. If a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. Gal. vi. 3.
Some"thing
Definition: , adv. In some degree; somewhat; to some exrent; at some distance. Shak. I something fear my father's wrath. Shak. We have something fairer play than a reasoner could have expected formerly. Burke. My sense of touch is something coarse. Tennyson. It must be done to-night, And something from the palace. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 June 2025
(verb) raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; “underlay the plate”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
