Much, n. 1. A great quantity; a great deal; also, an indefinite quantity; as, you have as much as I.
He that gathered much had nothing over. Ex. xvi. 18.
☞ Muchin this sense can be regarded as an adjective qualifying a word unexpressed, and may, therefore, be modified by as, so, too, very.
2. A thing uncommon, wonderful, or noticeable; something considerable.
And thought not much to clothe his enemies. Milton.
To make much of, to treat as something of especial value or worth.