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Definition of mass verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

mass

verb

NAmE//mæs//

[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they mass

he / she / it masses

past simple massed

-ing form massing

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to come together in large numbers; to gather people or things together in large numbers (+ adv./prep.) Demonstrators had massed outside the embassy. Dark clouds massed on the horizon. mass somebody/something The general massed his troops for a final attack.

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adjective the massed ranks of his political opponentsSee mass in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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be a mass of

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