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Gross Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Gross? [n] the entire amount of income before any deductions are made [n] twelve dozen [adj] 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" [adj] 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" [adj] repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man" [adj] of general aspects or broad distinctions; "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable" [adj] visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features) [adj] before any deductions; "gross income" [v] earn before taxes, expenses, etc. Synonyms \| Synonyms for Gross: 144 \| coarse \| conspicuous \| crude \| crying(a) \| earthy \| egregious \| fat \| flagrant \| general \| glaring \| indecent \| 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[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. A gross body of horse under the Duke. --Milton. 2. Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate. 3. Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless. Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear. --Milton. 4. Expressing, Or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure. The terms which are delicate in one age become gross in the next. --Macaulay. 5. Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium. 6. Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence. 7. Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to {net.} {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, or net, weight}. \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. For the gross of the people, they are considered as a mere herd of cattle. --Burke. 2. sing. & pl. The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens. {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.

Gross Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gross?

[n] the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
[n] twelve dozen
[adj] 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"
[adj] 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"
[adj] repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man"
[adj] of general aspects or broad distinctions; "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable"
[adj] visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)
[adj] before any deductions; "gross income"
[v] earn before taxes, expenses, etc.

Gross In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

         A gross body of horse under the Duke. --Milton.

2. Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.

3. Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception
   or feeling; dull; witless.

         Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear.
                                               --Milton.

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

         The terms which are delicate in one age become gross
         in the next.                          --Macaulay.

5. Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.

6. Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross
   mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.

7. Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross
   sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to
   {net.}

{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, or net, weight}.


\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.

         For the gross of the people, they are considered as
         a mere herd of cattle.                --Burke.

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

{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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