Etymology : Middle English, from Middle French gros thick, coarse, from Latin grossus
Pronunciation : 'grOs
Function : adjective
Date : 14th century
1. 12 dozen, 144. make or earn a total of (before taxes and other expenses). large; coarse, crude, vulgar; disgusting, offensive; obese, fat. inclusive, complete, total; general; without deductions. 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.].
2. great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large. "a gross fat man." a gross body of horse under the duke.
3. coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
4. not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless. tell her of things that no gross ear can hear.
5. 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.
6. thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
7. great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
8. 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.gross receipts, the total of the receipts, before they are diminished by any deduction, as for expenses; -- distinguished from net profits.gross weight the total weight of merchandise or goods, without deduction for tare, tret, or waste; -- distinguished from neat, or net, weight.gross \gross\, n. [f. gros (in sense 1), grosse (in sense 2). see:
gross, a.].
9. the main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass. "the gross of the enemy." for the gross of the people, they are considered as a mere herd of cattle.
10. sing. & pl. the number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.
11. Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
12. Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
13. Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.
14. Expressing, or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.
15. Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
16. Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
17. Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; opposed to net.
18. The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass.
19. The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens. the entire amount of income before any deductions are made earn before taxes, expenses, etc. repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man" of general aspects or broad distinctions; "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable" before any deductions; "gross income".
20. The plural of the number is gross.
21. You use gross to describe something unacceptable or unpleasant to a very great amount, degree, or intensity. The company were guilty of gross negligence. an act of gross injustice. + grossly gross·ly Funding of education had been grossly inadequate for years She was grossly overweight.
22. disapproval If you say that someone's speech or behaviour is gross, you think it is very rude or unacceptable. He abused the Admiral in the grossest terms I feel disgusted and wonder how I could ever have been so gross.
23. disapproval If you describe something as gross, you think it is very unpleasant. They had a commercial on the other night for Drug Free America that was so gross I thought Daddy was going to faint He wears really gross holiday outfits.
24. disapproval If you describe someone as gross, you mean that they are extremely fat and unattractive. I only resist things like chocolate if I feel really gross.
25. Gross means the total amount of something, especially money, before any has been taken away. a fixed rate account guaranteeing 10.4% gross interest or 7.8% net until October. Gross is also an adverb. Interest is paid gross, rather than having tax deducted. a father earning £20,000 gross a year.
26. Gross means the total amount of something, after all the relevant amounts have been added together. National Savings gross sales in June totalled £709 million.
27. Gross means the total weight of something, including its container or wrapping.
28. If a person or a business grosses a particular amount of money, they earn that amount of money before tax has been taken away. So far the films have grossed more than £590 million.
29. A gross is a group of 144 things. He ordered twelve gross of the disks. gross domestic product Gross Michael Gross Samuel David.
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