Dictionary

1. (

• batch ,
• deal ,
• flock ,
• good_deal ,
• great_deal ,
• hatful ,
• heap ,
• lot ,
• mass ,
• mess ,
• mickle ,
• mint ,
• mountain ,
• muckle ,
• passel ,
• peck ,
• pile ,
• plenty ,
• pot ,
• quite_a_little ,
• raft ,
• sight ,
• slew ,
• spate ,
• stack ,
• tidy_sum ,
• wad

) (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"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" ;

2. (

• rush ,
• spate ,
• surge ,
• upsurge

) a sudden forceful flow ;

3. (

• freshet ,
• spate

) the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow ;