much

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Great in quantity, degree, or extent: not much rain; much affection.
2. n. A large quantity or amount: Much has been written.
3. n. Something great or remarkable: The campus wasn't much to look at.
4. adv. To a great degree or extent: much smarter.
5. adv. Just about; almost: much the same.
6. adv. Frequently; often: doesn't get out much.
7. idiom. as much Almost the same: I thought as much. She said as much.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Great in size; big; large.
2. Great in quantity or extent; abundant.
3. Many in number.
4. High in position, rank, or social station; important.
5. [Colloq.]
6. n. A large quantity; a great deal.
7. n. A great, uncommon, or serious thing; something strange, wonderful, or considerable.
8. In a great degree; to a great amount or extent; greatly; far.
9. Very.
10. In this sense much was formerly often used ironically, implying denial.
11. In present use, much or very much corresponds, before a comparative or a superlative with the, to very before a positive: thus, very great, but much or very much greater, much or very much the greatest.
12. Nearly: usually emphasizing the sense of indefiniteness.
13. [The adverb much is very often prefixed to participial forms, etc., to make compound adjectives: as, much- abused, much -enduring, much -debated.]
14. To make much; increase.
15. To make much of; coax; stroke gently.

Wiktionary

1. adv. To a great extent.
2. adv. Often; frequently.
3. pro. A large amount or great extent.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Great in quantity; long in duration
2. adj. Archaic Many in number.
3. adj. obsolete High in rank or position.
4. n. A great quantity; a great deal; also, an indefinite quantity.
5. n. A thing uncommon, wonderful, or noticeable; something considerable.
6. adv. To a great degree or extent; greatly; abundantly; far; nearly.

WordNet 3.0

1. adv. to a great degree or extent
2. adv. to a very great degree or extent
3. adj. (quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent
4. adv. (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely
5. n. a great amount or extent
6. adv. frequently or in great quantities
7. adv. very.