Something \Some"thing\, adv. In some degree; somewhat; to some extent; at some distance. --Shak.

I something fear my father's wrath. --Shak.

We have something fairer play than a reasoner could have expected formerly. --Burke.

My sense of touch is something coarse. --Tennyson.

It must be done to-night, And something from the palace. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Something \Some"thing\, n.

1. Anything unknown, undetermined, or not specifically designated; a certain indefinite thing; an indeterminate or unknown event; an unspecified task, work, or thing.

There is something in the wind. --Shak.

The whole world has something to do, something to talk of, something to wish for, and something to be employed about. --Pope.

Something attemped, something done, Has earned a night's repose. --Longfellow.

2. A part; a portion, more or less; an indefinite quantity or degree; a little.

Something yet of doubt remains. --Milton.

Something of it arises from our infant state. --I. Watts.

3. A person or thing importance.

If a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. --Gal. vi. 3.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)