mass

noun

A lump; a body of matter concreted, collected or formed into a lump; applied to any solid body; as a mass of iron or lead; a mass of flesh; as mass of ice; a mass of dough.

mass

A collective body of fluid matter. The ocean is a mass of water.

mass

A heap; as a mass of earth.

mass

A great quantity collected; as a mass of treasure.

mass

Bulk; magnitude. This army of such mass and charge.

mass

An assemblage; a collection of particulars blended, confused or indistinct; as a mass of colors. They lose their forms, and make a mass . Confused and black, if brought too near.

mass

Gross body of things considered collectively; the body; the bulk; as the mass of people in a nation. A small portion of morbid matter may infect the whole mass of fluids in the body.

mass

noun

[Low L. missa. The word signifies primarily leisure, cessation from labor, from the L. missus, remissus, like the L. ferioe; hence a feast or holiday.]

The service of the Romish church; the office or prayers used at the celebration of the eucharist; the consecration of the bread and wine.

mass

verb intransitive

To celebrate mass.

mass

verb transitive

To fill; to stuff; to strengthen.