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nothing (iou) and laminar air flow unit (medicine)


nothing (iou)



nothing pronoun, noun, adverb, verb, & adjective. Orig. two words. OE.
[from NO adjective + THING noun1.]
A. pronoun & noun.
Not any (material or immaterial) thing; (more positively, followed by an adjective or limiting phr. or clause) not one thing. OE.
M. Keane She saw nothing either funny or comforting in her sister relaxing. J. C. Powys Before, there had been nothing but the deepening of a..golden glow. O. Manning In Bucharest nothing can be kept secret for long. G. Vidal There was nothing anyone could do but..wait for the news. R. P. Jhabvala Had a bit of trouble..today...Nothing we couldn't easily handle. T. O'Brien Don't blow no bubbles or nothing. C. P. Snow To solve..problems you have to..think of nothing else. P. Ackroyd He could think of nothing to say. H. Jacobson I knew nothing of Camilla, had never even heard of her. D. DeLillo Full professors..who read nothing but cereal boxes. Daily Mail Those..whose dream remains a separate state or nothing. Woman & Home Few..possess the talent to do..nothing.
b. As interjection (passing into adverb). Not at all, in no respect, (following a (partial) repetition of a previous statement and contradicting it). colloq. (orig. US). L19.
M. B. Houston 'He could have found it, of course.'..'Found it, nothing. I saw Other things he'd taken.' A. E. Lindop Poor little mite nothing..She'd done her best to seduce him.
No part, share, etc., of some thing (or person). Also (now rare) foll. by of with adjective OE.
Goldsmith Johnson..has nothing of the bear but his skin. A. C. Swinburne Nothing of common is there, nothing of theatrical.
a. (Chiefly as compl.) Not anything (or anybody) of importance, value, or concern. LME.
W. D. Howells He would be nothing without her. V. Woolf 'All that fuss about nothing!' a voice exclaimed. G. Charles The people I know think me nothing to look at. R. Dahl Don't worry about it...It's nothing.
b. A thing (or person) of no importance, value, or concern; a non-existent thing; a trifling event; a trivial remark; an insignificant person, a nobody. E17.
Ld Houghton The little nothings of occupied life leave a man no time. J. A. Froude Metellus and..Afranius, who had been chosen consuls for the year 60, were mere nothings. H. Sturgis Claude moved about..saying little laughing nothings to everyone. S. Middleton His lunch, a nothing, cheese omelette with..peas.
Not any quantity or number, zero, nought; the score of no points in a game etc. Also, the figure or character representing zero, a nought. LME.
That which does not exist. M16.
H. Spencer Nothing can become an object of consciousness.
= NOTHINGNESS. rare. Only in 17.
Phrases: all to nothing arch. to the fullest extent; undoubtedly. be nothing if not be above all (the specified thing). come to nothing have no effect or result; break down, fail. Dance upon nothing: see Dance verb. for nothing: (a) by no means; on no account; (b) in vain, to no purpose; (c) for no reason, causelessly; (d) without payment or cost, free, gratuitously, (free, gratis, and for nothing: see FREE adverb 1). have nothing on (a) be wearing no clothes, be naked; (b) have no engagements; (c) (on preposition) see have nothing on s.v. HAVE verb. have nothing to say for oneself, have nothing to say to: see SAY verb1. know nothing and care less: see KNOW verb. leave nothing to chance: see LEAVE verb1. like nothing on earth colloq. extremely strange, ugly, wretched, etc. little or nothing: see LITTLE noun. make nothing of: see MAKE verb. neck or nothing: see NECK noun1. new nothing (obsolete exc. dial.) a worthless novelty. no nothing colloq. nothing at all (concluding a list of negatives). nothing doing: see DO verb. nothing else for it, nothing for it no alternative; (foll. by but to do) no possible course of action Other than. nothing in it: see there is nothing in it below. nothing less (than): see LESS adjective etc. nothing of the kind: see KIND noun. nothing of the sort: see SORT noun2. nothing to (as compl.) (a) of no consequence or concern to; (b) insignificant or worthless compared to. nothing to it: see there is nothing to it below. nothing to lose: see LOSE verb. nothing to write Home about: see Home adverb. on a hiding to nothing: see HIDING noun2. stick at nothing, stop at nothing not allow anything to deter one, be ruthless or unscrupulous. sweet nothings: see SWEET adjective & adverb. thank you for nothing: see THANK verb. there is nothing in it, nothing in it colloq. (a) it has no important feature of interest or value, there is no significant difference between the things in question, (also nothing much in it); (b) = there is nothing to it below. there is nothing to it, nothing to it colloq. (a) it is very easy to do, there is no difficulty involved; (b) it is untrue, it is unimportant. think nothing of consider as unremarkable. think nothing of it do not apologize or feel bound to show gratitude. to nothing to the final point, stage, or state of the process of destruction, dissolution, etc. to say nothing of not to mention (see MENTION verb). want for nothing: see WANT verb. with nothing on wearing no clothes, naked.
b. adverb. Not at all, in no way. (See also sense A.1b above.) Now arch. & literary exc. in nothing like s.v. LIKE adjective etc. OE.
nothing loath: see LOATH adjective 3.
T. Fuller Mustard is nothing worth unless it bite. T. Hearne He was nothing so learned..as he is represented to have been. W. S. Landor They often infect those who ailed nothing. Southey The bird was nothing the worse for what it had undergone.
C. verb trans. Reduce to nothing. Long rare. M17.
D. attrib. or as adjective. Of no account, insignificant, insipid, dull; indeterminate; (of a garment) discreet, elegantly unobtrusive. colloq. M20.
Vogue Little 'nothing' sweaters..for wearing with suits. C. Phillips The woman was a nothing woman to him.
nothin'garian noun a person who has no religious belief or political creed L18.
nothin'garianism noun absence of any religious belief or political creed M19.
nothingism noun (a) a triviality, a trifle; (b) nihilism: M18.
nothingist noun a nihilist L18.
nothingly adjective (now rare) of no value or effect E19.

laminar air flow unit (medicine)


laminar air flow unit


An air-filtering system used at some transplant facilities to remove particulate matter and fungi from the air.