| substance | |
| 1. n. Physical matter; material. | |
| 2. n. The essential part of anything; the most vital part. | |
| 3. n. Substantiality; solidity; firmness. | |
| Some textile fabrics have little substance. | |
| 4. n. Material possessions; estate; property; resources. | |
| a man of substance | |
| 5. n. A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties. | |
| 6. n. Drugs (illegal narcotics) | |
| substance abuse | |
| 7. n. (theology) Hypostasis. | |
| 8. v. (rare, transitive) To give substance to; to make real or substantial. | |
