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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Much \Much\, adv [Cf. Icel. mj["o]k. See {Much}, a.] To a great degree or extent; greatly; abundantly; far nearly. ``Much suffering heroes.'' --Pope. Thou art much mightier than we --Gen. xxvi. 16. Excellent speech becometh not a fool, much less do lying lips a prince. --Prov. xvii. 7. Henceforth I fly not death, nor would prolong Life much --Milton. All left the world much as they found it --Sir W. Temple. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Much \Much\, n. 1. A great quantity; a great deal also an indefinite quantity; as you have as much as I. He that gathered much had nothing over --Ex. xvi. 18. Note: Muchin this sense can be regarded as an adjective qualifying a word unexpressed, and may therefore, be modified by as so too very 2. A thing uncommon, wonderful, or noticeable; something considerable. And [he] thought not much to clothe his enemies. --Milton. {To make much of}, to treat as something of especial value or worth. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Much \Much\, a. [Compar. & superl. wanting, but supplied by {More}, and {Most}, from another root.] [OE. moche, muche, miche, prob. the same as mochel, muchel, michel, mikel, fr AS micel, mycel cf Gr ?, fem. ?, great, and Icel. mj["o]k, adv., much [root]103. See {Mickle}.] 1. Great in quantity; long in duration; as much rain has fallen; much time. Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in --Deut. xxviii. 38. 2. Many in number. [Archaic] Edom came out against him with much people. --Num. xx 20. 3. High in rank or position. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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: {much(a)}] [ant: {little(a)}] 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}]
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