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Pronunciation:  grows

Matching Terms:  Gros, gros point, Gros Ventre, Grosbeak, groschen, --Grose., grosgrain, gross anatomy, gross domestic product, gross estate, gross margin, Gross motor, gross national product, gross out, gross pathology, gross profit, gross profit margin, gross revenue, gross sales, gross ton, gross(a), grossbeak, Gross-headed, Grossification, Grossly, grossness, Grossular, Grossularia, Grossulariaceae, Grossulin, grosz

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
  2. [n]  twelve dozen
  3. [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"
  4. [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"
  5. [adj]  repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man"
  6. [adj]  of general aspects or broad distinctions; "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable"
  7. [adj]  visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)
  8. [adj]  before any deductions; "gross income"
  9. [v]  earn before taxes, expenses, etc.
 
 Synonyms: 144, coarse, conspicuous, crude, crying(a), earthy, egregious, fat, flagrant, general, glaring, indecent, large, macroscopic, macroscopical, megascopic, obvious, overall, porcine, rank, receipts, revenue, total, vulgar
 
 Antonyms: net, nett
 
 See Also: box office, bring in, clear, earn, gain, gate, income, large integer, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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}.

  2. \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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