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
hand out (something) or hand (something) out
to distribute something, to give something of the same kind to several people
The teacher did not hand out the tests until everybody in the class stopped talking.
