Gross

[grəʊs] or [ɡros]

Definition

(noun.) the entire amount of income before any deductions are made.

(noun.) twelve dozen.

(verb.) earn before taxes, expenses, etc..

(adj.) repellently fat; 'a bald porcine old man' .

(adj.) lacking fine distinctions or detail; 'the gross details of the structure appear reasonable' .

(adj.) before any deductions; 'gross income' .

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Definition

(superl.) Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.

(superl.) Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.

(superl.) Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.

(superl.) Expressing, Or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.

(superl.) Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.

(superl.) Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.

(superl.) Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to net.

(a.) The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass.

(sing. & pl.) The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Large, big, bulky, great.[2]. Dense, thick, not attenuated.[3]. Coarse, rough, rude, unrefined, indelicate, sensual, impure, vulgar, low, broad.[4]. Enormous, flagrant, shameful, unseemly, unbecoming, outrageous.[5]. Palpable, manifest, glaring.[6]. Whole, total, entire.

n. [1]. Whole, total, aggregate, gross amount, sum total.[2]. Twelve dozen.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Entire, vulgar, vicious, impure, coarse, bloated, sensual, animal, bulk,indelicate, outrageous, unseemly, shameful

ANT:Partial, net, pure, refined

Inputed by Katherine

Definition

adj. coarse: rough: dense: palpable glaring shameful: whole: coarse in mind: stupid: sensual: obscene.—n. the main bulk: the whole taken together: a great hundred—i.e. twelve dozen.—adv. Gross′ly.—n. Gross′ness.—In gross in bulk wholesale.

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