quasi-n. Much, a great number or quantity. Chiefly with partitive genitive. Often qualified by how, like, so, too.

A great deal, a great quantity. Also (Proverb) much will have more.

(full) good wone, (full) great wone: a good number, a great quantity; used either in apposition (often following the noun qualified), or with…

With modifying adjective, in apposition to a preceding noun (as great plenty, much plenty, etc.): a large amount or quantity (with the effective…

loosely. A large quantity or number.

A show or display of something; hence, a great number or quantity; a multitude; a ‘deal’ or ‘lot’. Now colloquial or slang.

a great deal, many things; something consisting of many or varied components (cf. muchwhat, n.).

(Without article prefixed): A large quantity or number, plenty; const. of, which is omitted in quot. 1400 (cf. French force gens and the like). most…

A great number. Obsolete. rare.

In singular with mass noun. A great quantity of something. Now rare.

A large collection or set of similar, usually abstract things. Now frequently in pack of lies. In later use chiefly derogatory.

A quantity, an amount; qualified as good, great, vast, or the like; formerly, also, as poor, small, little, etc. a great deal: a large part…

A large part or amount (of). Cf. sense A. 10a(b).

As much as would fill a sack; hence, hyperbolically, a great quantity, large amount.

A large number, quantity, or amount; an abundance of, a great deal of; a lot of. Now chiefly English regional, Irish English, and U.S. regional…

loosely or figuratively. A large load or quantity.

Chiefly in hyperbolic use. A great distance, amount, or interval. Cf. a million miles at million, adj. 2.

A great quantity; a ‘lot’, ‘heap’. Also plural ‘lots’, ‘heaps’. slang. or dialect.

a deal is used pregnantly for a good or great deal, etc.; an undefined, but considerable or large quantity (rarely number); a ‘lot’. colloquial.

A considerable quantity or number; a great deal, a heap, a lot. Chiefly in a peck of trouble(s).

plural in same sense. Cf. the like use of ‘lots’.

A large amount, number, or quantity of a thing or things, material or immaterial (often with the sense of oppressive or bewildering abundance). Now…

A great quantity of money or treasure; a stock or fund. Also in Gambling: †the sum of the players' stakes (obsolete).

figurative. A large amount.

More generally: a large quantity, a lot, a great deal.

Often figurative for a large quantity, ‘load,’ ‘heap’.

A large sum or amount. Chiefly in proverb: many a little (also pickle) makes a mickle (now frequently in the garbled form many a mickle makes a muckle…

As much as fills a bushel; figurative a large quantity.

loads (also a load): a great number or quantity (esp. of something desirable or nonsensical), ‘lots’, ‘heaps’. colloquial.

A drifted or tossed-up mass; a large heap; a great quantity; an abundance. Now northern dialect.

As many people as would fill a parish. Obsolete. rare.

Of things: a great number, a mass.

an equitable or reasonable portion or share of something; (more generally) a good number, a large amount, sometimes implying the amount is…

Hence, in later colloquial use: A large number or quantity; a (great) deal, ‘a lot’.

An instance of large quantity or (less commonly) large size.

In plural. Large quantities (of something, originally such as might be committed to paper).

A (considerable) number or quantity; a good many, a good deal.

A large quantity or number; a great deal. Usually with of.

A (large) piece or portion of something; a lump, a chunk.

The quantity or weight that can be lifted at one time. spec. of paper. Also Scottish a large quantity.

In extended use: a wide expanse; (in plural) large quantities.

In singular or plural. A large amount or number; a lot, lots, plenty. Frequently with of or in beaucoup de (cf. de, prep. 8).

(colloquial) A very large amount: cf. load, n. 6. Mostly in plural.

as much as can be held in a box (cf. sense 3); (also more generally) a large quantity, a lot, a great deal; cf. boxful, n.

A large amount, a great deal. by the boatload: in large amounts; in abundance. Cf. shedload, n.

With of-phrase as complement. In plural (lots of). Also reduplicated (lots and lots of).

colloquial. A large, shapeless mass of something, esp. soft food.

A great quantity of something (now chiefly Australian and New Zealand); a large draught of liquor (dialect). (Cf. Sc. swack.)

A large or excessive amount, quantity, or number (of). rare (Caithness in later use).

A large amount or number of. Now chiefly in plural.

Something regarded as resembling the Niagara River at the falls, or the Niagara Falls itself; spec. a deluge, a torrent; an outpouring of something.

A mass, heap, large quantity. Scottish and northern.

plural (originally Anglo-Irish). ‘Floods’, abundance.

figurative. A large amount of something. Cf. ton, n.1 4b. Obsolete. rare.

A very large number of, a great amount of. Also in plural.

figurative. An immense or boundless expanse of something. Also (hyperbolically): a very great or indefinite quantity; (frequently in plural) lots of.

Chiefly colloquial. any amount (of): a large or considerable sum or quantity (of).

Chiefly Scottish and Irish English. A lot, a large amount.

U.S. colloquial. Usually plural. A large amount, lots, lashings.

A large amount, number, or quantity of a thing or things. Now often in plural: masses, loads.

A mass of hanging foliage, drapery, etc. resembling in appearance a descending stream.

gen. Emphatically in plural: A large number, mass, or quantity.

Large or unlimited quantities; a very great number or amount of something.

(a) (see sense A. 29); (b) plural (U.S. colloquial), great quantities.

Chiefly plural. A large amount; ‘heaps’.

figurative. A quantity, a ‘pile’, esp. (elliptical) a pile of money. Also in plural and as adverb. colloquial (originally U.S.).

figurative. A large quantity.

a heap sight (U.S. dialect and colloquial): see 4c and sight, n.1 2.

A certain measure used for other commodities; also, a great quantity.

= oodles, n.

A large or substantial amount. colloquial.

plural. Abundance, ‘lots’. dialect, Australian, and New Zealand. (Cf. lashing, n.1 b.)

a large amount; an abundance.

As much or as many as a street will hold.

Shooting. = Game-bag; hence, the contents of a game-bag, the quantity of fish or game however large (embracing e.g. elephants and buffaloes) killed…

A heap; plural ‘heaps’, ‘crowds’. Also as an exclamation = Great!

As many as would make a fleet; transferred a large number.

Australian colloquial. In plural. Great quantities, a large amount, masses (of something). Also as adv.: in a great degree, very much.

In singular and plural. A large quantity, a great deal. by the bucketload: in large quantities, in abundance.

Originally U.S. A large amount or quantity. Frequently in a pisspot full of.

A large amount or number. Usually with of. Cf. shedload, n.

figurative.

A large amount; a lot. Also as an intensifier.

A very large (but indefinite) number or quantity (of something); chiefly in plural.

A large amount or number. Usually with of. Cf. shitload, n.

(usually with of) a large amount or number of something; = shitload, n.