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Naught Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Naught? [n] complete failure; "all my efforts led to naught" [n] a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Naught: aught \| cipher \| cypher \| goose egg \| nada \| nil \| nix \| nothing \| null \| zero \| zilch \| zip Related Terms \| Find terms related to Naught: a little thing \| aught \| cipher \| collapse \| destruction \| disaster \| failure \| goose egg \| hardly anything \| inessential \| insignificancy \| marginal matter \| matter of indifference \| mere nothing \| minor matter \| nada \| nichts \| nihil \| nihility \| nil \| nix \| no great matter \| no such thing \| nothing \| nothing at all \| nothing in particular \| nothing on earth \| nothing to signify \| nothing whatever \| nought \| nullity \| ought \| paltry affair \| peu de chose \| rien du tout \| ruin \| scarcely anything \| technicality \| thing of naught \| wind \| zero \| zilch See Also \| bugger all \| failure \| Fanny Adams \| fuck all \| nihil \| relative quantity \| sweet Fanny Adams Naught In Webster's Dictionary \Naught\, n. [OE. naught, nought, naht, nawiht, AS. n?wiht, n?uht, n?ht; ne not + ? ever + wiht thing, whit; hence, not ever a whit. See {No}, adv. {Whit}, and cf. {Aught}, {Not}.] 1. Nothing. [Written also {nought}.] Doth Job fear God for naught? --Job i. 9. 2. The arithmetical character 0; a cipher. See {Cipher}. {To set at naught}, to treat as of no account; to disregard; to despise; to defy; to treat with ignominy. ``Ye have set at naught all my counsel.'' --Prov. i. 25. \Naught\, adv. In no degree; not at all. --Chaucer. To wealth or sovereign power he naught applied. --Fairfax. \Naught\, a. 1. Of no value or account; worthless; bad; useless. It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer. --Prov. xx. 14. Go, get you to your house; begone, away! All will be naught else. --Shak. Things naught and things indifferent. --Hooker. 2. Hence, vile; base; naughty. [Obs.] No man can be stark naught at once. --Fuller.

Naught Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Naught?

[n] complete failure; "all my efforts led to naught"
[n] a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"

Naught In Webster's Dictionary

\Naught\, n. [OE. naught, nought, naht, nawiht, AS.
n?wiht, n?uht, n?ht; ne not + ? ever + wiht thing, whit;
hence, not ever a whit. See {No}, adv. {Whit}, and cf.
{Aught}, {Not}.]
1. Nothing. [Written also {nought}.]

         Doth Job fear God for naught?         --Job i. 9.

2. The arithmetical character 0; a cipher. See {Cipher}.

{To set at naught}, to treat as of no account; to disregard;
   to despise; to defy; to treat with ignominy. ``Ye have set
   at naught all my counsel.'' --Prov. i. 25.


\Naught\, adv.
In no degree; not at all. --Chaucer.

      To wealth or sovereign power he naught applied.
                                               --Fairfax.


\Naught\, a.
1. Of no value or account; worthless; bad; useless.

         It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer. --Prov.
                                               xx. 14.

         Go, get you to your house; begone, away! All will be
         naught else.                          --Shak.

         Things naught and things indifferent. --Hooker.

2. Hence, vile; base; naughty. [Obs.]

         No man can be stark naught at once.   --Fuller.

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