dictionary definitions for "gross"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  gross
      adj 1: before any deductions; "gross income" [ant: net]
      2: visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical
         features) [syn: megascopic]
      3: of general aspects or broad distinctions; "the gross details
         of the structure appear reasonable"
      4: repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man" [syn: porcine]
      5: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a
         crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of
         human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude";
         "gross injustice"; "rank treachery" [syn: {crying(a)},
         egregious, flagrant, glaring, rank]
      6: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative)
         intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a
         consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross
         negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a
         sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing
         villain"; "utter nonsense" [syn: {arrant(a)},
         {complete(a)}, {consummate(a)}, {double-dyed(a)},
         {everlasting(a)}, {gross(a)}, {perfect(a)}, {pure(a)},
         {sodding(a)}, {stark(a)}, {staring(a)},
         {thoroughgoing(a)}, {utter(a)}]
      7: conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language";
         "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of
         humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar
         gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been
         edited" [syn: coarse, crude, earthy, vulgar]
      n 1: twelve dozen [syn: 144]
      2: the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
         [syn: revenue, receipts]
      v : earn before taxes, expenses, etc.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gross \Gross\, a. [Compar. Grosser; superl. Grossest.] [F.
     gros, L. grossus, perh. fr. L. crassus thick, dense, fat, E.
     crass, cf. Skr. grathita tied together, wound up, hardened.
     Cf. Engross, Grocer, Grogram.]
     1. Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
        "A gross fat man." --Shak.
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              A gross body of horse under the Duke. --Milton.
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     2. Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
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     3. Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception
        or feeling; dull; witless.
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              Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear.
                                                    --Milton.
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     4. Expressing, or originating in, animal or sensual
        appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.
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              The terms which are delicate in one age become gross
              in the next.                          --Macaulay.
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     5. Hence: Disgusting; repulsive; highly offensive; as, a
        gross remark.
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     6. Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
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     7. Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross
        mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
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     8. Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross
        sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to
        net.
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     Gross adventure (Law) the loan of money upon bottomry, i.
        e., on a mortgage of a ship.
  
     Gross average (Law), that kind of average which falls upon
        the gross or entire amount of ship, cargo, and freight; --
        commonly called general average. --Bouvier. --Burrill.
  
     Gross receipts, the total of the receipts, before they are
        diminished by any deduction, as for expenses; --
        distinguished from net profits. --Abbott.
  
     Gross weight the total weight of merchandise or goods,
        without deduction for tare, tret, or waste; --
        distinguished from neat weight, or net weight.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gross \Gross\, n. [F. gros (in sense 1), grosse (in sense 2).
     See Gross, a.]
     1. The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass. "The gross
        of the enemy." --Addison.
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              For the gross of the people, they are considered as
              a mere herd of cattle.                --Burke.
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     2. sing. & pl. The number of twelve dozen; twelve times
        twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.
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     Advowson in gross (Law), an advowson belonging to a person,
        and not to a manor.
  
     A great gross, twelve gross; one hundred and forty-four
        dozen.
  
     By the gross, by the quantity; at wholesale.
  
     Common in gross. (Law) See under Common, n.
  
     In the gross, In gross, in the bulk, or the undivided
        whole; all parts taken together.
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