n. 1. Anything unknown, undetermined, or not specifically designated; a certain indefinite thing; an indeterminate or unknown event; an unspecified task, work, or thing. [ 1913 Webster ] There is something in the wind. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] The whole world has something to do, something to talk of, something to wish for, and something to be employed about. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] Something attemped, something done, Has earned a night's repose. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A part; a portion, more or less; an indefinite quantity or degree; a little. [ 1913 Webster ] Something yet of doubt remains. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] Something of it arises from our infant state. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A person or thing importance. [ 1913 Webster ] If a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. Gal. vi. 3. [ 1913 Webster ] |