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| a state, atmosphere, or mood of ease and gentle relaxation |
| something of cheap or inferior quality; junk |
| gross (ɡrəʊs) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | repellently or excessively fat or bulky |
| 2. | Compare net with no deductions for expenses, tax, etc; total: gross sales; gross income |
| 3. | (of personal qualities, tastes, etc) conspicuously coarse or vulgar |
| 4. | obviously or exceptionally culpable or wrong; flagrant: gross inefficiency |
| 5. | lacking in perception, sensitivity, or discrimination: gross judgments |
| 6. | (esp of vegetation) dense; thick; luxuriant |
| 7. | obsolete coarse in texture or quality |
| 8. | rare rude; uneducated; ignorant |
| —interj | |
| 9. | an exclamation indicating disgust |
| —n , gross, grosses | |
| 10. | a unit of quantity equal to 12 dozen |
| 11. | a. the entire amount |
| b. the great majority | |
| —vb | |
| 12. | to earn as total revenue, before deductions for expenses, tax, etc |
| [C14: from Old French gros large, from Late Latin grossus thick] | |
| 'grossly | |
| —adv | |
| 'grossness | |
| —n | |
Gross (grōs), Samuel David. 1805-1884.
American surgeon and educator who wrote widely influential medical treatises, including A System of Surgery (1859).
Exclusive of deductions, prior to taxation, as in gross income. (Compare net.) Total, aggregate, as in gross domestic product.
gross definition[gros]
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