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    [Verb]  | "mass" 


    1: to form or collect into a mass

    2: to assemble in a mass

    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Noun]  | "mass" | \ ˈmas \


    1: the liturgy of the Eucharist especially in accordance with the traditional Latin rite

    2: a celebration of the Eucharist

    3: a musical setting for the ordinary of the Mass

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English mæsse, modification of Vulgar Latin *messa, literally, dismissal at the end of a religious service, from Late Latin missa, from Latin, feminine of missus, past participle of mittere to send;

    [Noun]  | "mass" 


    1: a quantity or aggregate of matter usually of considerable size

    2: expanse, bulk

    3: massive quality or effect

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English masse, from Anglo-French, from Latin massa, from Greek maza; akin to Greek massein to knead {mat|mingle|};

    [Noun]  | "mas*sé" | \ ma-ˈsā \


    1: a shot in billiards or pool made by hitting the cue ball vertically or nearly vertically on the side to drive it around one ball in order to strike another

    Origin: 1873 ;

     French, from past participle of masser to make a massé shot, from masse sledgehammer, from Middle French mace mace;

    [Noun]  | "air mass" 


    1: a body of air extending hundreds or thousands of miles horizontally and sometimes as high as the stratosphere and maintaining as it travels nearly uniform conditions of temperature and humidity at any given level

    Origin: 1882 ;

    [Noun]  | "atomic mass" 


    1: the mass of an atom usually expressed in atomic mass units; also : atomic weight

    Origin: 1848 ;

    [Noun]  | "Black Mass" 


    1: a travesty of the Christian Mass ascribed to worshippers of Satan

    Origin: 1820 ;

    [Noun]  | "critical mass" 


    1: a size, number, or amount large enough to produce a particular result

    Origin: 1947 ;

    [Noun]  | "folk mass" 


    1: a mass in which traditional liturgical music is replaced by folk music

    Origin: 1966 ;

    [Plural noun]  | "the masses" 


    1: the ordinary or common people

    [Noun]  | "masses" 


    1: the body of the community as contrasted with the elite;


      * e.g., " ... the masses demanded the elimination of tax breaks for the rich "




    [Noun]  | "mass" 


    1: the body of the community as contrasted with the elite;


      * e.g., " ... the masses demanded the elimination of tax breaks for the rich "




    2: a considerable amount;


      * e.g., " ... I have a mass of work to do tonight "




    3: a distinct and separate portion of matter;


      * e.g., " ... a mass of leaves in a corner of the yard "



    •  Synonyms : 

    •  body


    [Verb]  | "masses" 


    1: to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass;


      * e.g., " ... clouds massing on the western side of the mountain range "



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    [Verb]  | "mass" 


    1: to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass;


      * e.g., " ... clouds massing on the western side of the mountain range "



    •  Antonyms : 

    • (N/A)




    [Plural noun]  | "(the) masses" 


     [ "masses" ]

    1: the masses:

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

     [ "masses" ]

    2:  a large population

     [ "masses" ]

    3:  people at large

     [ "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. 

     [ "masses" ]

    1: A term used to describe a group of people whos personality, mannerisms, and general way of life represents a large portion of particular areas in society. The term was first originated by three young men at McGill University, and is mainly used in a condescending manner towards someone you cannot have a genuine relationship with.

      * e.g.,  ... That girl is not wife material, she's to masses for me! 

     [ "Mass" ]

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

      * e.g.,  ... Yeah I'm from Mass. 

     [ "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. 

     [ "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 

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