Definitions for gross

Definitions for (noun) gross

Main entry: gross, revenue, receipts

Definition: the entire amount of income before any deductions are made


Main entry: 144, gross

Definition: twelve dozen


Definitions for (verb) gross

Main entry: gross

Definition: earn before taxes, expenses, etc.


Definitions for (adj) gross

Main entry: flagrant, rank, egregious, crying, glaring, gross

Definition: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

Usage: a crying shame; an egregious lie; flagrant violation of human rights; a glaring error; gross ineptitude; gross injustice; rank treachery


Main entry: gross, earthy, crude, vulgar

Definition: conspicuously and tastelessly indecent

Usage: 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


Main entry: gross, porcine

Definition: repellently fat

Usage: a bald porcine old man


Main entry: gross

Definition: lacking fine distinctions or detail

Usage: the gross details of the structure appear reasonable


Main entry: unadulterated, thoroughgoing, staring, stark, sodding, utter, complete, everlasting, perfect, arrant, pure, gross, consummate, double-dyed

Definition: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

Usage: 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


Main entry: gross

Definition: before any deductions

Usage: gross income


Main entry: megascopic, gross

Definition: visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)


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