nought /nɔːt/noun 3adjective 2adverb 2pronoun 1verb 1forms 3phrases 2 noun3 •Not any quantity of number; zero; the score of no points in a game.0.335 cm is nought/zero point three three five of a centimeter. •The figure or character representing, or having the shape of, zero. •A thing or person of no worth or value; nil. adjective2 •Wicked, immoral. •(no longer used) Good for nothing; worthless.It is nought, it is nought (saith the buyer:) but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. — 1611 adverb2 •To no extent; in no way; not at all. •Not. pronoun1 •Nothing; zero. verb1 •To abase, to set at nought.The nought which is you has devoured the style and been sustained for a while as a non-you until the style is emptied out by the noughting self. — 1983 formsnoughted · noughting · noughts Phrases with nought bring to noughtTo mar; to thwart. come to noughtTo fail completely; to have no successful result.