" (the) masses "

 [ "Mass" ]

1: An abbreviation for Massachusetts used by locals because none of us can spell it.

  * e.g.,  ... Yeah I'm from Mass. 

 [ "masses" ]

1: the masses:

  * e.g.,  ... The Pope preaches to the masses. 

 [ "masses" ]

2:  a large population

 [ "masses" ]

3:  people at large

 [ "Mass" ]

1: The Singular, Redemptive, Eternal, and Expiatory Sacrifice of Christ on Calvary being made present on the Altar of Sacrifice. The Mass is re-presentation what he offered to the Eternal Father 2000 years ago in a far corner of the earth and applying the fruits and merits to you in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist.

  * e.g.,  ... I am going to go to Mass. 

 [ "masses" ]

1: Common people, ignorant masses, etc...

  * e.g.,  ... A: join me and we'll have more parades and fireworks, national pride ftw! 

 [ "masses" ]

2: A concept that may be understood as an extremely large group of people all over the world. All of them may not think for their own, either for economical reasons (lack of food/ too much exhaustive work), or just plain ignorance of the human sciences (lack of education). The purpose of this social class is to be controlled by extremelly small groups of people through propaganda, they can hold any kind of ideas, they use the masses as means of power in the whole system.

  * e.g.,  ... ignorant masses: deal B: join me and I'll give you social security and unemployment insurance. 

 [ "Mass" ]

1: A noun commonly referring to large amounts of muscle, often the result of weight training. Mass can suggest both heavy lean and bulk muscle.

  * e.g.,  ... John put on some serious mass! 

 [ "Mass" ]

1:  the amount of matter something consists of

  * e.g.,  ...  Do you know the mass of an wordelectron? 

 [ "Mass" ]

2:  relating to the masses, that is, of large numbers of people

  * e.g.,  ...  There was a mass demonstration against the war. 

 [ "Mass" ]

3:  a Catholic religious ceremony

  * e.g.,  ...  I've been to Mass twice, and I'm not even Catholic. 

 [ "mass" ]

1: The celebration of the Holy Eucharist in the Catholic Church. The highest form of worship and sacrifice you can offer up to God.

  * e.g.,  ... I try to make it to Mass more than once a week. 

 [ "MASS" ]

1: a phrase from the Pacific Northwest United States meaning many, or, very.;

  * e.g.,  ... Seattle music was mass awesome, but it's popularity fucked it up mass.  

 [ "MASS" ]

2: to the extreme;

  * e.g.,  ... There was mass shit in the toilet after you used it.  

 [ "MASS" ]

3: lots of something;

  * e.g.,  ... Man, do I sound mass dumb. 

 [ "MASS" ]

4: same thing as "hella" in the Bay Area and similar to the Bostononian's "wicked."

 [ "Mass" ]

1: Mass is how much matter is in an object. Please not this is a scientific definition and mass does not mean weight. Weight means how much force is acting on an object due to gravity.

  * e.g.,  ... My mass is 50kg 

 [ "mass" ]

1: Used on the in the Bay Area of California. May mean in the extreme, large quantities, or something that is gnarly.

  * e.g.,  ... I had mass issues with that movie, it sucked in so many ways. 

 [ "mass" ]

2: Has recently fallen into usage for something that is deep or meaningful

  * e.g.,  ... I was hungry, so I bought mass chips.