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.

The whole world has something to do, something to talk of, something to wish for, and something to be employed about.

Something attemped, something done,
Has earned a night's repose.

2. A part; a portion, more or less; an indefinite quantity or degree; a little.

Something yet of doubt remains.

Something of it arises from our infant state.

3. A person or thing importance.

If a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

Some"thing, adv. In some degree; somewhat; to some extent; at some distance. Shak.

I something fear my father's wrath.

We have something fairer play than a reasoner could have expected formerly.

My sense of touch is something coarse.

It must be done to-night,
And something from the palace.

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.

The whole world has something to do, something to talk of, something to wish for, and something to be employed about.

Something attemped, something done,
Has earned a night's repose.

2. A part; a portion, more or less; an indefinite quantity or degree; a little.

Something yet of doubt remains.

Something of it arises from our infant state.

3. A person or thing importance.

If a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

Some"thing, adv. In some degree; somewhat; to some extent; at some distance. Shak.

I something fear my father's wrath.

We have something fairer play than a reasoner could have expected formerly.

My sense of touch is something coarse.

It must be done to-night,
And something from the palace.

• an unspecified object.
       I must have forgotten to pack something, but I can't think of what.
  
• an event which breaks up a period of calm.
        (Isn't something meant to happen?)
  
• someone or something that has a quality to a moderate degree. (The performance was something of a disappointment.)
  
• a talent which is hard to pin down.
        (You've got something)
  
• somebody or something who is superlative in some way. (You're really something!)
  
• an important person; a somebody
       He looks a something behind that big desk.
  
• (in combination) someone in a specified range of ages
       Ahe must be fiftysomething.
  
• somewhat; to a degree
       the baby looks something like his father.
  
• Applied to an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song.
  
• Applied to 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).