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Definition of 'gross' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) gross
without or before deductions; total
gross earnings; gross sales.

2.  gross
flagrant and extreme; glaring:
gross injustice.

3.  gross
unqualified; rank.

4.  gross
indecent, obscene, or vulgar:
gross language.

5.  gross
lacking in refinement, good manners, education, etc.; unrefined.

6.  gross
extremely or excessively fat.

7.  gross
large, big, or bulky.

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

9.  gross
Slang. extremely offensive or disgusting.

10.  gross
thick; dense; heavy:
gross vegetation.

11. (n.) gross
a group of 12 dozen, or 144, things.

12.  gross
total income, profits, etc., before any deductions

13. (v.t.) gross
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.

14.  gross
Slang.

15.  gross
to disgust or offend, esp. by crude language or behavior.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME < OF gros large (as n., grosse twelve dozen) < LL grossus thick, coarse)

Definition of 'gross' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) gross, 144
twelve dozen

2. (adj) gross, revenue, receipts
the entire amount of income before any deductions are made

3. (adj) gross
before any deductions
"gross income"

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

5. (adj) gross, porcine
repellently fat
"a bald porcine old man"

6. (adj) megascopic, gross
visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)

7. (adj) 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), unadulterated
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"; "the unadulterated truth"

8. (adj) crude, earthy, gross, vulgar
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"

9. (verb) crying(a), egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank
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"

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


Definition of 'gross' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) gross
(of an amount) total before anything is subtracted
gross profit/income before taxes are taken out; gross weight

2.  gross
disgusting
That's, gross. Don't touch it!

3.  gross
very seriously wrong; = blatant
gross negligence/misconduct


Definition of 'gross' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) gross
the main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass

2.  gross
great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large

3.  gross
coarse; rough; not fine or delicate

4.  gross
not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless

5.  gross
expressing, Or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure

6.  gross
thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium

7.  gross
great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence

8.  gross
whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to net

9.  gross
the number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens


Translation of 'gross' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: very bad
gross errors/indecency.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: onsmaaklike, growwe Arabic flag Arabic: فَظيع، فاحِش Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: груб
Brazilian flag Brazilian: crasso Czech flag Czech: hrubý German flag German: grob
Danish flag Danish: grov Greek flag Greek: πολύ κακός, ασυγχώρητος Spanish flag Spanish: flagrante, grande, craso
Estonian flag Estonian: jäme, jõhker Farsi flag Farsi: فاحش؛ بسیار بد Finnish flag Finnish: törkeä
French flag French: grossier Hebrew flag Hebrew: חָמוּר Hindi flag Hindi: भद्दा
Croatian flag Croatian: grozan, strašan Hungarian flag Hungarian: durva Indonesian flag Indonesian: sangat buruk
Icelandic flag Icelandic: grófur; afleitur Italian flag Italian: grossolano Japanese flag Japanese: ひどい
Korean flag Korean: 아주 나쁜 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: grubus Latvian flag Latvian: rupjš; uzkrītošs
Malay flag Malay: melampau Dutch flag Dutch: grof, zwaar, schokkend Norwegian flag Norwegian: grov, krass
Polish flag Polish: rażący, fatalny Persian flag Persian: فاحش؛ بسیار بد Pashto flag Pashto: زيږ، شډل، ډيرۍ، ټول واړه:
Portuguese flag Portuguese: crasso Romanian flag Romanian: ordinar Russian flag Russian: грубый
Slovak flag Slovak: hrubý Slovenian flag Slovenian: hud Serbian flag Serbian: krupan
Swedish flag Swedish: grov Thai flag Thai: เลวร้าย Turkish flag Turkish: çok berbat
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 惡劣的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: грубий, очевидний Urdu flag Urdu: بہت برا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: trắng trợn Chinese flag Chinese: 恶劣的

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