A great quantity or amount of; = much, adj. 2b.

Modifying a mass noun. A great amount or quantity of, a lot of. Of a physical object: a great quantity or volume of, existing or present in great…

Of material things: a great number or quantity of; a great deal of; many, much. Now rare except in extended use in great smoke n. at compounds 1e.

With n. in singular. Much.

Much. Also as adv. (modifying an adjective): very.

Scottish and Irish English. As an intensifier: = quare, adj. 2.

= ‘lot of’ (see lot, n. 18a(b)).

Much, many.

= ‘lots of’ (see lot, n. 18a(a)).