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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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