masses

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masses
n. ordinary people, hoi polloi
 
mass
n. large amount of unspecified size; greatness of size, bulk, magnitude; lump; crowd, common people; abundance, overflow
 
v. amass, collect; condense; assemble into one group; concentrate or be concentrated; throng, crowd
 
masse
n. (about billiards) slanted stroke made with the cue held perpendicular to the billiard table (especially to make the cue ball go around another ball that is in the way)

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The Masses (disambiguation)
The Masses is a magazine of socialist politics published monthly in the U.S. from 1911 until 1917.

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masses

Noun
1. the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"
(synonym) multitude, mass, hoi polloi, people
(hypernym) group, grouping
(hyponym) laity, temporalty

 
mass

Noun
1. the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
(hypernym) fundamental quantity, fundamental measure
(hyponym) biomass
2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"
(synonym) batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
(hypernym) large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
(hyponym) flood, inundation, deluge, torrent
3. an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
(hypernym) collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
(hyponym) logjam
4. a body of matter without definite shape; "a huge ice mass"
(hypernym) body
(hyponym) coprolith, fecalith, faecalith, stercolith
5. the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"
(synonym) multitude, masses, hoi polloi, people
(hypernym) group, grouping
(hyponym) laity, temporalty
6. the property of something that is great in magnitude; "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports"
(synonym) bulk, volume
(hypernym) magnitude
(hyponym) dollar volume, turnover

Verb
1. join together into a mass or collect or form a mass; "Crowds were massing outside the palace"
(hypernym) crowd, crowd together
(hyponym) press

Adjective
1. occurring widely (as to many people); "mass destruction"
(synonym) large-scale
(similar) general
2. gathered or tending to gather into a mass or whole; "aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year"; "the aggregated amount of indebtedness"
(synonym) aggregate, aggregated, aggregative
(similar) collective

 
masse

Noun
1. a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball
(synonym) masse shot
(hypernym) stroke, shot
(part-holonym) billiards


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Maß (das)
n. measure, unit of measurement; system of measuring; prescribed distance or quantity; scale, gradation, system of marks used for measuring; measurement, assessment of capacity or dimension; degree, extent, scope, size, criterion

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masse
nf. mass; body, crowd, mob, populace; heap, crush, lump; rank and file, common soldiers
 
masser
v. massage, rub or knead muscles and joints with hands to stimulate circulation or relaxation, give a massage