'Much' definitions:

Definition of 'much'

(from WordNet)
adverb
To a great degree or extent; "she's much better now"
adverb
Very; "he was much annoyed"
adverb
To a very great degree or extent; "I feel a lot better"; "we enjoyed ourselves very much"; "she was very much interested"; "this would help a great deal" [syn: a lot, lots, a good deal, a great deal, much, very much]
adverb
(degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely; "much the same thing happened every time"; "practically everything in Hinduism is the manifestation of a god" [syn: much, practically]
adverb
Frequently or in great quantities; "I don't drink much"; "I don't travel much" [syn: much, a great deal, often]
adjective
(quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent; "not much rain"; "much affection"; "much grain is in storage" [ant: little(a), slight]
noun
A great amount or extent; "they did much for humanity"

Definition of 'Much'

From: GCIDE
  • Much \Much\ (m[u^]ch), a. [Compar. & superl. wanting, but supplied by More (m[=o]r), and Most (m[=o]st), 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["o]k, adv., much. [root]103. See Mickle.]
  • 1. Great in quantity; long in duration; as, much rain has fallen; much time. [1913 Webster]
  • Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in. --Deut. xxviii. 38. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Many in number. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
  • Edom came out against him with much people. --Num. xx. 20. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. High in rank or position. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Much'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Thou art much mightier than we. --Gen. xxvi. 16. [1913 Webster]
  • Excellent speech becometh not a fool, much less do lying lips a prince. --Prov. xvii. 7. [1913 Webster]
  • Henceforth I fly not death, nor would prolong Life much. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • All left the world much as they found it. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Much'

From: GCIDE
  • Much \Much\, n.
  • 1. A great quantity; a great deal; also, an indefinite quantity; as, you have as much as I. [1913 Webster]
  • He that gathered much had nothing over. --Ex. xvi. 18. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Muchin this sense can be regarded as an adjective qualifying a word unexpressed, and may, therefore, be modified by as, so, too, very. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A thing uncommon, wonderful, or noticeable; something considerable. [1913 Webster]
  • And [he] thought not much to clothe his enemies. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • To make much of, to treat as something of especial value or worth. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'much'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Much'