ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Aught', Synonyms of 'Aught' & More on 'Aught'

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

aught
    n 1: 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" [syn: nothing,
         nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher,
         goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Aught \Aught\, Aucht \Aucht\, n. [AS. ?ht, fr. [=a]gan to own,
   p. p. [=a]hte.]
   Property; possession. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Aught \Aught\, n. [OE. aught, ought, awiht, AS. [=a]wiht, [=a]
   ever + wiht. [root]136. See Aye ever, and Whit, Wight.]
   Anything; any part. [Also written ought.]
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         There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord
         has spoken.                              --Josh. xxi.
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         But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting. --Addison.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Aught \Aught\ ([add]t), adv.
   At all; in any degree. --Chaucer.
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Thesaurus Results for Aught:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

aggrandize, any, any one, anybody, anyone, anything, augment, beef up, boost, cipher, either, enlarge, exalt, expand, extend, goose egg, heighten, hike, magnify, multiply, nada, naught, nichts, nihil, nil, nix, no such thing, nothing, nothing at all, nothing on earth, nothing whatever, raise, some, something, somewhat, thing of naught, zero, zilch

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