Matter

MATTER

-noun (sometimes followed by “of” or “for”)

1. that which makes up something, especially a physical object; material

2. substance that occupies space and has mass, as distinguished from substance that is mental, spiritual, etc.

3. substance of a specified type

4. thing; affair; concern; question

5. a quantity or amount

6. the content of written or verbal material as distinct from its style or form

7. (used with a negative) importance; consequence

8. philosophy . (in the writings of Aristotle and the Scholastics) that which is itself formless but can receive form and become substance

9. philosophy . (in the Cartesian tradition) one of two basic modes of existence, the other being mind

10. printing

a. type set up, either standing or for use

b. copy to be set in type

11. a secretion or discharge, such as pus

12. law

a. something to be proved

b. statements or allegations to be considered by a court

13. for that matter . as regards that

14. grey matter . the greyish tissue of the brain and spinal cord, containing nerve cell bodies, dendrites, and bare (unmyelinated) axons

15. no matter

a. regardless of; irrespective of

b. (sentence substitute) it is unimportant

16. the matter . wrong; the trouble

-verb

17. to be of consequence or importance

18. to form and discharge pus

 

Tides have spewed matter on the quays

Making the cycle path treacherous