n.
1.the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
2.a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe
3.the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.
4.the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions
5.a particular type of thing
Idiom of the Day
rub out (someone or something) or rub (someone or something) out
to destroy something completely, to kill or eliminate someone
The government troops rubbed out the entire village.