things

–noun
1.
a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
2.
a stick of cosmetic coloring material for use on the eyebrows, eyelids, etc.
3.
anything shaped or used like a pencil, as a stick of medicated material: a styptic pencil.
4.
a narrow set of lines, light rays, or the like, diverging from or converging to a point: a pencil of sunlight.
5.
a slender, pointed piece of a substance used for marking.
6.
style or skill in drawing or delineation: He favored the late products of the artist's pencil.
7.
Mathematics. the collection of lines, planes, or surfaces passing through a given point or set of points and satisfying a given equation or condition.
8.
Archaic. an artist's paintbrush, esp. for fine work.

verb
1.
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
2.
to eliminate completely: She couldn't erase the tragic scene from her memory.
3.
to obliterate (material recorded on magnetic tape or a magnetic disk): She erased the message.
4.
to obliterate recorded material from (a magnetic tape or disk): He accidentally erased the tape.
5.
Computers. to remove (data) from computer storage.
6.
Slang. to murder: The gang had to erase him before he informed on them.

–noun
1.
a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
2.
a piece, sheet, or leaf of this.
3.
something resembling this substance, as papyrus.
4.
a written or printed document or the like.
5.
stationery; writing paper.
6.
a newspaper or journal.
7.
an essay, article, or dissertation on a particular topic: a paper on early Mayan artifacts.
8.
Often, papers. a document establishing or verifying identity, status, or the like: citizenship papers.
9.
negotiable notes, bills, etc., as commercial paper or paper money: Only silver, please, no paper.
10.
a promissory note.

–noun
1.
a pointed stick or pencil of colored clay, chalk, wax, etc., used for drawing or coloring.
2.
a drawing in crayons.

–noun
1.
a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers.
2.
a prepared piece of chalk or chalklike substance for marking, as a blackboard crayon.
3.
a mark made with chalk.
4.
a score or tally.