mass

Definition

  • noun: a Christian ceremony especially in the Roman Catholic Church in which people eat bread and drink wine representing the body and blood of Jesus Christ
  • noun: the liturgy of the Eucharist especially in accordance with the traditional Latin rite
  • verb: to form or gather into a large group
  • verb: to form or collect into a mass
  • often + 'of'
  • synonyms: sum, bulk, magnitude

Examples

  • The plant produces a (great/large/huge) 'mass of' blossoms every spring. = The plant produces 'masses of' blossoms every spring.

  • The mayor is trying to encourage more commuters to use 'mass transit' in order to alleviate traffic in the city.

  • His policies are supported by 'the' (great/broad) 'mass of' the people. [=by most of the people]

Movie quotes

  • (..) Talk about how you feel. - Fuck. - Brian, stop it. No. Please. No. Ain't gonna hurt you. ...with a mass murderer. A mass murderer. Your heart rate is jacked. And your hand... ...steady. That's one thing I figured out about myself (..)
    2006 The Departed
  • (..) - Tired from fucking my father. Good. Today, girls... ...what I have is microprocessors. Somebody, as you may already know, stole microprocessors... ...from the Mass Processor Company out on Route . These are the kind they put into computers... ...that could put a cruise missile (..)
    2006 The Departed