everything

pron

1. (literally)All the things under discussion.

   “I checked the list again and everything is done.”

   “Thank you for everything you've done for us.”

   “I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.”

2. (colloquial, excessive)Many or most things.

   “A: What do you want to do at the amusement park? B: Everything!”

   “I did everything today – washed the dishes, cut the lawn, did the laundry.”

   “Then, I was sent to a great, cold, bare, school of big boys; where everything to eat and wear was thick and clumpy, without being enough; […]”

3. (colloquial)A state of well-being (from all parts of the whole).

   “Everything failed, didn't it?”

   “She wasn't feeling well this morning but now everything is fine.”

   “Since the company lost its best customer everything has gotten worse.”

4. (colloquial)Considerable effort.

   “It took everything in me to resist the temptation to skip work on my birthday.”

5. (colloquial)The most important thing.

   “I can't believe I made it in time – timing is everything!”

verb

1. (ambitransitive, colloquial, uncommon)Used as a placeholder verb to encapsulate a set of related verbs or any action.

   “‘Hardly. We’re screened by every shrink in the kingdom. We're printed, weighed, photographed, everythinged. Selection for security takes a lifetime—one of our sayings,’ she added modestly.”

   ““ ‘You're right tonight, Boss Man,’ I said. ‘They’re laying it on us.’ “They outswung us, they out-everythinged us.”

   “Charlie does, too. After being adopted by Joan, after having his matted coat shaved bare, after being dewormed and de-everythinged after being loved and fed and loved some more, Charlie has turned into a brand-new dog.”

   “She spends as much time as possible surfing (as she quickly learns it's called), Youtubing,^([sic]) Googling, everythinging to research these human be-things.”