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adverb
1.
Used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs.  Synonym: to a greater extent.  "More beautiful" , "More quickly"
2.
Comparative of much; to a greater degree or extent.  "They eat more than they should"
adjective
1.
(comparative of 'much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree.  Synonym: more than.  "More support" , "More rain fell" , "More than a gallon"
2.
(comparative of 'many' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning greater in number.  "We have no more bananas" , "More than one"
noun
1.
English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state.  Synonyms: Sir Thomas More, Thomas More.



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