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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
much \much\ mu^ch, a. compar. superl. wanting, but
supplied by more m=or, and most m=ost, from
another root. oe. moche, muche, miche, prob. the same as
mochel, muchel, michel, mikel, fr. as. micel, mycel; cf. gr.
me`gas, fem. mega`lh, great, and icel. mj"ok, adv., much.
root103. see mickle.
1. great in quantity; long in duration; as, much rain has
fallen; much time.
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thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and
shalt gather but little in. --deut.
xxviii. 38.
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2. many in number. archaic
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edom came out against him with much people. --num.
xx. 20.
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3. high in rank or position. obs. --chaucer.
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see also:
more most mickle
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
much \much\, n.
1. a great quantity; a great deal; also, an indefinite
quantity; as, you have as much as i.
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he that gathered much had nothing over. --ex. xvi.
18.
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note: muchin this sense can be regarded as an adjective
qualifying a word unexpressed, and may, therefore, be
modified by as, so, too, very.
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2. a thing uncommon, wonderful, or noticeable; something
considerable.
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and he thought not much to clothe his enemies.
--milton.
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to make much of, to treat as something of especial value or
worth.
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see also:
to make much of
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
much \much\, adv. cf. icel. mj"ok. see much, a.
to a great degree or extent; greatly; abundantly; far;
nearly. "much suffering heroes." --pope.
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thou art much mightier than we. --gen. xxvi.
16.
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excellent speech becometh not a fool, much less do
lying lips a prince. --prov. xvii.
7.
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henceforth i fly not death, nor would prolong
life much. --milton.
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all left the world much as they found it. --sir w.
temple.
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see also:
much
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
much
adj : quantifier used with mass nouns great in quantity or
degree or extent; "not much rain"; "much affection";
"much grain is in storage" syn: mucha ant: littlea
n : a great amount or extent; "they did much for humanity"
adv 1: to a great degree or extent; "she's much better now"
2: very; "he was much annoyed"
3: to a very great degree or extent; "we enjoyed ourselves very
much"; "she was very much interested"; "this would help a
great deal" syn: a lot, a good deal, a great deal,
very much
4: degree adverb used before a noun phrase for all practical
purposes but not completely; "much the same thing happened
every time" syn: practically
5: frequently or in great quantities; "i don't drink much"; "i
don't travel much" syn: a great deal, often
see also:
mucha littlea a lot a good deal a great deal very much
practically often
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
208 moby thesaurus words for "much":
a deal, a great deal, a lot, abounding, abundance, abundant,
abundantly, acres, affluence, affluent, again and again,
all-sufficing, ample, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplitude,
aplenty, as all creation, as all get-out, avalanche, bags, barrel,
barrels, bay, beaucoup, bonanza, bottomless, bounteous, bountiful,
bountifulness, bountiousness, bumper crop, bushel, cater to,
cocker, coddle, considerable, considerably, copious, copiousness,
cosset, countless, countlessness, diffuse, effuse, eminently,
epidemic, ever so, ever so much, exceedingly, exceptionally,
excess, exhaustless, extravagance, extravagant, extremely,
exuberance, exuberant, fat, fertile, fertility, flood, flow, flush,
foison, frequently, full, full measure, fullness, galore,
generosity, generous, generousness, great abundance, great deal,
great plenty, greatly, gush, heap, highly, hugely, humor,
in great measure, in plenty, in quantity, indulge, inexhaustible,
landslide, largely, lashings, lavish, lavishness, liberal,
liberality, liberalness, load, lot, lots, lump, luxuriance,
luxuriant, many, mass, maximal, maximum, mess, mollycoddle,
more than enough, mountain, muchly, multiplicity, multitude,
multitudinous, myriad, myriads, never so, no end, no end of,
not a little, notably, numerous, numerousness, ocean, oceans, oft,
oftentimes, ofttimes, opulence, opulency, opulent, outpouring,
over and over, overage, overflow, overflowing, oversupply, pack,
pamper, peck, pile, plenitude, plenitudinous, plenteous,
plenteousness, plentiful, plentifulness, plenty, plethora, power,
pretty much, prevailing, prevalence, prevalent, prodigal,
prodigality, productive, productiveness, profuse, profuseness,
profusion, profusive, quantities, quantity, rampant, repeatedly,
replete, repleteness, repletion, rich, rich harvest, rich vein,
richness, rife, riot, riotous, riotousness, running over, scads,
sea, shower, sight, so, so very much, spate, spoil, stream,
substantiality, substantialness, superabundance, superabundant,
superfluity, surpassingly, teeming, teemingness, to the skies,
tons, very much, volume, wealth, wealthy, well-found,
well-furnished, well-nigh, well-provided, well-stocked, wholesale,
world, worlds
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