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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Nothing \Noth"ing\, n. [From no, a. + thing.]
1. Not anything; no thing (in the widest sense of the word
thing); -- opposed to anything and something.
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Yet had his aspect nothing of severe. --Dryden.
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2. Nonexistence; nonentity; absence of being; nihility;
nothingness. --Shak.
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3. A thing of no account, value, or note; something
irrelevant and impertinent; something of comparative
unimportance; utter insignificance; a trifle.
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Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought.
--Is. xli. 24.
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'T is nothing, says the fool; but, says the friend,
This nothing, sir, will bring you to your end.
--Dryden.
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4. (Arith.) A cipher; naught.
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Nothing but, only; no more than. --Chaucer.
To make nothing of.
(a) To make no difficulty of; to consider as trifling or
important. ``We are industrious to preserve our bodies
from slavery, but we make nothing of suffering our
souls to be slaves to our lusts.'' --Ray.
(b) Not to understand; as, I could make nothing of what he
said.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Nothing \Noth"ing\, n. [From no, a. + thing.]
1. Not anything; no thing (in the widest sense of the word
thing); -- opposed to anything and something.
Yet had his aspect nothing of severe. --Dryden.
2. Nonexistence; nonentity; absence of being; nihility;
nothingness. --Shak.
3. A thing of no account, value, or note; something
irrelevant and impertinent; something of comparative
unimportance; utter insignificance; a trifle.
Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought.
--Is. xli. 24.
'T is nothing, says the fool; but, says the friend,
This nothing, sir, will bring you to your end.
--Dryden.
4. (Arith.) A cipher; naught.
Nothing but, only; no more than. --Chaucer.
To make nothing of.
(a) To make no difficulty of; to consider as trifling or
important. ``We are industrious to preserve our bodies
from slavery, but we make nothing of suffering our
souls to be slaves to our lusts.'' --Ray.
(b) Not to understand; as, I could make nothing of what he
said.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
nothing but
adv.
only
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
nothing but
adv.
only
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
nothing but
adv.
only
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
nothing but
adv.
only
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
nothing but /nˈʌθɪŋ bˌʌt/
lauter, alles [ugs.]
Note: + Substantiv im Plural
Note: durchweg
"There are nothing but talented actors in the film." - In dem Film sind lauter talentierte Schauspieler zu sehen.
Synonyms: throughout, all, lots of
see: the only woman among so many men, Am I completely surrounded by idiots?, She keeps doing these silly things.
Note: + noun in the plural
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
nothing but /nˈʌθɪŋ bˌʌt/
nichts als
Synonym: not anything but
see: nothing, negation + anything, nix, nothing else, I don't want anything., nothing doing, no chance, no such thing, I haven't found anything better., Nothing of the sort!
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
nothing but /nˈʌθɪŋ bˌʌt/
pelkästään, vain
nothing but
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
nothing but /nˈʌθɪŋ bˌʌt/
csak
From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
nothing but /nˈʌθɪŋ bˌʌt/
以外の何者でもない
nothing but
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
nothing but /nˈʌθɪŋ bˌʌt/
ingenting annat än, inget annat än, intet annat än
nothing but
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
只有；只不过
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
除了…什么也不,只有,不外乎
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