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[1] a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.
[2] a collection of incoherent particles, parts, or objects regarded as forming one body: a mass of sand.
[3] aggregate; whole (usually preceded by in the ): People, in the mass, mean well.
[4] a considerable assemblage, number, or quantity: a mass of errors; a mass of troops.
[5] bulk, size, expanse, or massiveness: towers of great mass and strength.
[6] Fine Arts . Painting . an expanse of color or tone that defines form or shape in general outline rather than in detail. a shape or three-dimensional volume that has or gives the illusion of having weight, density, and bulk.
[7] the main body, bulk, or greater part of anything: the great mass of American films.
[8] Physics . the quantity of matter as determined from its weight or from Newton's second law of motion. Abbreviation : m Compare weight(def 2) , relativistic mass, rest mass.
[9] Pharmacology . a preparation of thick, pasty consistency, from which pills are made.
[10] the masses, the ordinary or common people as a whole; the working classes or the lower social classes.
[11] pertaining to, involving, or affecting a large number of people: mass unemployment; mass migrations; mass murder.
[12] participated in or performed by a large number of people, especially together in a group: mass demonstrations; mass suicide.
[13] pertaining to, involving, or characteristic of the mass of the people: the mass mind; a movie designed to appeal to a mass audience.
[14] reaching or designed to reach a large number of people: television, newspapers, and other means of mass communication.
[15] done on a large scale or in large quantities: mass destruction.
[16] to come together in or form a mass or masses: The clouds are massing in the west.
[17] to gather into or dispose in a mass or masses; assemble: The houses are massed in blocks.
[18] a large coherent body of matter without a definite shape
[19] a collection of the component parts of something
[20] a large amount or number, such as a great body of people
[21] the main part or majority the mass of the people voted against the government's policy
[22] in the mass in the main; collectively
[23] the size of a body; bulk
[24] physics a physical quantity expressing the amount of matter in a body. It is a measure of a body's resistance to changes in velocity (inertial mass) and also of the force experienced in a gravitational field (gravitational mass): according to the theory of relativity, inertial and gravitational masses are equal See also inertial mass, gravitational mass
[25] (in painting, drawing, etc) an area of unified colour, shade, or intensity, usually denoting a solid form or plane
[26] pharmacol a pastelike composition of drugs from which pills are made
[27] mining an irregular deposit of ore not occurring in veins
[28] done or occurring on a large scale mass hysteria ; mass radiography
[29] consisting of a mass or large number, esp of people a mass meeting
[30] to form (people or things) or (of people or things) to join together into a mass the crowd massed outside the embassy
[31] (in the Roman Catholic Church and certain Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist See also High Mass, Low Mass
[32] a musical setting of those parts of the Eucharistic service sung by choir or congregation

Words related to Massed

massextra, also, other, further, new, higher, sturdy, tight, strong, substantial, stable, concentrated, collected, reunited, accumulated, unified, mutual, concerted, cumulative

Words nearby Massed

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Origin of Massed

1350–1400; Middle English masse < Latin massa mass < Greek mâza barley cake, akin to mássein to knead

Words that may be confused with Massed

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, massmassed, mast

Other words from Massed

mass·ed·ly [mas -id-lee, mast -lee] /ˈmæs ɪd li, ˈmæst li/ , adverb
un·massed , adjective

Word origin for Massed

MassOld English mæsse, from Church Latin missa, ultimately from Latin mittere to send away; perhaps derived from the concluding dismissal in the Roman Mass, Ite, missa est, Go, it is the dismissal

Synonyms for Massed

also, extra, further, higher, new, other, major, spare, added, aggrandized, amassed, and, another, augmented, besides, bounteous, deeper, else, enhanced, exceeding, expanded, extended, farther, fresh, heavier, in addition, increased, innumerable, larger, likewise, more than that, numerous, over and above, supplementary, too many, wider