Complement and Thing

complement

A word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction.
A complete number or quantity.
- usage: "a full complement"
Number needed to make up a whole force.
- usage: "a full complement of workers"
- synonyms: full complement
Something added to complete or embellish or make perfect.
- usage: "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish"
- synonyms: accompaniment
One of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response.
Either of two parts that mutually complete each other.

Make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to.
- usage: "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"

(v.t.) To supply a lack; to supplement.
(v.t.) The whole working force of a vessel.
(v.t.) Something added for ornamentation; an accessory.
(v.t.) To compliment.
(v.t.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.
(v.t.) A compliment.
(v.t.) Full quantity, number or amount; a complete set; completeness.
(v.t.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.
(v.t.) That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.
(v.t.) That which is required to supply a deficiency or to complete a symmetrical whole.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

thing

A special situation.
- usage: "this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable thing"
An action.
- usage: "how could you do such a thing"
A special abstraction.
- usage: "a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart"
An artifact.
- usage: "how does this thing work"
An event.
- usage: "a funny thing happened on the way to the..."
A vaguely specified concern.
- usage: "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
- synonyms: matter, affair
A statement regarded as an object.
- usage: "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing"
An entity that is not named specifically.
- usage: "I couldn't tell what the thing was"
Any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence.
- usage: "the thing I like about her is. .."
A special objective.
- usage: "the thing is to stay in bounds"
A persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion.
- usage: "he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him"
A separate and self-contained entity. .

(n.) Alternative of Ting.
(n.) An inanimate object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless material.
(n.) Whatever may be possessed or owned; a property; -- distinguished from person.
(n.) A diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing; -- often used in pity or contempt.
(n.) In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly.
(n.) A transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed.
(n.) A portion or part; something.
(n.) Clothes; furniture; appurtenances; luggage; as, to pack or store one's things.
(n.) Whatever exists or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary