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Definitions for Gross

[1] without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2): gross earnings; gross sales.
[2] unqualified; complete; rank: a gross scoundrel.
[3] flagrant and extreme: gross injustice.
[4] indelicate, indecent, obscene, or vulgar: gross remarks.
[5] lacking in refinement, good manners, education, etc.; unrefined.
[6] large, big, or bulky.
[7] extremely or excessively fat.
[8] thick; dense; heavy: gross vegetation.
[9] of or concerning only the broadest or most general considerations, aspects, etc.
[10] Slang . extremely objectionable, offensive, or disgusting: He wore an outfit that was absolutely gross.
[11] a group of 12 dozen, or 144, things. Abbreviation : gro.
[12] total income from sales, salary, etc., before any deductions (opposed to net2def 5 ).
[13] Obsolete . the main body, bulk, or mass.
[14] 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.
[15] gross out , Slang . to disgust or offend, especially by crude language or behavior. to shock or horrify.
[16] Chaim [kh ahym] /xaɪm/ , 1904–1991, U.S. sculptor and graphic artist, born in Austria.
[17] repellently or excessively fat or bulky
[18] with no deductions for expenses, tax, etc; total gross sales ; gross income Compare net 2 (def. 1)
[19] (of personal qualities, tastes, etc) conspicuously coarse or vulgar
[20] obviously or exceptionally culpable or wrong; flagrant gross inefficiency
[21] lacking in perception, sensitivity, or discrimination gross judgments
[22] (esp of vegetation) dense; thick; luxuriant
[23] obsolete coarse in texture or quality
[24] rare rude; uneducated; ignorant
[25] an exclamation indicating disgust
[26] plural gross a unit of quantity equal to 12 dozen
[27] plural grosses the entire amount the great majority
[28] to earn as total revenue, before deductions for expenses, tax, etc

Words related to Gross

heavy, hulking, great, overweight, stout, husky, thick, aggregate, entire, total, complete, barnyard, offensive, ribald, callous, foul, raw, rank, rough, dull

Words nearby Gross

gros point, gros ventre, grosbeak, groschen, grosgrain, gross, gross anatomy, gross domestic product, gross income, gross national product, gross one out

Origin of Gross

1350–1400; Middle English < Old French gros large (as noun, grosse twelve dozen) < Late Latin gross(us ) thick, coarse

Other words from Gross

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

Word origin for Gross

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

Synonyms for Gross

great, heavy, hulking, husky, overweight, stout, thick, adipose, big, bulky, chubby, corpulent, dense, fleshy, lumpish, massive, obese, porcine, portly, unwieldy, weighty