Answer:
At first, I am nothing. Add something to negate. Add again to oppose. Add again to find the time to draw. Add once more to find nobody at all.
A beggar's brother went out to sea and drowned. But the man who drowned had no brother. Who was the beggar to the man who drowned?
What can be heard and caught but never seen?
What flares up and does a lot of good, and when it dies is just a piece of wood?
Gets rid of bad ones, short and tall. Tightens when used, one size fits all.
Which popular cheese is made backwards?