gross

[ grohs ]
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adjective,gross·er, gross·est.
  1. without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net): gross earnings;gross sales.

  2. unqualified; complete; rank: a gross scoundrel.

  1. flagrant and extreme: gross injustice.

  2. indelicate, indecent, obscene, or vulgar: gross remarks.

  3. lacking in refinement, good manners, education, etc.; unrefined.

  4. large, big, or bulky.

  5. extremely or excessively fat.

  6. of or concerning only the broadest or most general considerations, aspects, etc.

  7. Slang. extremely objectionable, offensive, or disgusting: He wore an outfit that was absolutely gross.

  8. thick; dense: gross vegetation;gross fog;gross vapors.

noun,plural gross for 11, gross·es for 12, 13.
  1. a group of 12 dozen, or 144, things. Abbreviation: gro.

  2. total income from sales, salary, etc., before any deductions (opposed to net).

  1. Obsolete. the main body, bulk, or mass.

verb (used with object)
  1. to have, make, or earn as a total before any deductions, as of taxes, expenses, etc.: The company grossed over three million dollars last year.

Verb Phrases
  1. gross out, Slang.

    • to disgust or offend, especially by crude language or behavior.

    • to shock or horrify.

Origin of gross

1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Old French gros “large” (as noun, grosse “twelve dozen”), from Late Latin gross(us) “thick, coarse”

synonym study For gross

3. See flagrant.

Other words for gross

Opposites for gross

Other words from gross

  • gross·ly, adverb
  • gross·ness, noun
  • out·gross, verb (used with object)
  • o·ver·gross, adjective
  • o·ver·gross·ness, noun
  • un·gross, adjective

Other definitions for Gross (2 of 2)

Gross
[ grohs ]

noun
  1. Chaim [khahym], /xaɪm/, 1904–1991, U.S. sculptor and graphic artist, born in Austria.

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How to use gross in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for gross

gross

/ (ɡrəʊs) /


adjective
  1. repellently or excessively fat or bulky

  2. with no deductions for expenses, tax, etc; total: gross sales; gross income Compare net 2 (def. 1)

  1. (of personal qualities, tastes, etc) conspicuously coarse or vulgar

  2. obviously or exceptionally culpable or wrong; flagrant: gross inefficiency

  3. lacking in perception, sensitivity, or discrimination: gross judgments

  4. (esp of vegetation) dense; thick; luxuriant

  5. obsolete coarse in texture or quality

  6. rare rude; uneducated; ignorant

interjectionslang
  1. an exclamation indicating disgust

noun
  1. plural gross a unit of quantity equal to 12 dozen

  2. plural grosses

    • the entire amount

    • the great majority

verb(tr)
  1. to earn as total revenue, before deductions for expenses, tax, etc

Origin of gross

1
C14: from Old French gros large, from Late Latin grossus thick

Derived forms of gross

  • grossly, adverb
  • grossness, noun

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Cultural definitions for gross

gross

Exclusive of deductions, prior to taxation, as in gross income. (Compare net.) Total, aggregate, as in gross domestic product.

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