Definition of Gross

(superl.)
Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to net.
  

(superl.)
Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
  

(superl.)
Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.
  

(superl.)
Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
  

(superl.)
Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
  

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

(superl.)
Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
  

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

(a.)
The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass.
  

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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.]
1. great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large. "a gross fat man." a gross body of horse under the duke.
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.
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.
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.
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.] 1. 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.
2. sing. & pl. the number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.

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 gross adventure 
 advowson in gross 
 gross-headed 
 gross weight 
 a great gross 
 real gross national product 
 common in gross 
 in the gross 
 by the gross 
 gross out 
 in gross 
 gross profit 
 gross ton 
 in gross or at large 
 gross receipts 
 gross profit margin 
 gross average 

Braisg = a. gross; large, thick

Bras = a. thick, fat; large; gross

Gorfras = a. over gross, over fat

obvious

1. repulsive; disagreeable; objectionable; 2. exclamation indicating disgust, revulsion, etc.

I am disgusted!

1. disgust (someone); 2. something disgusting

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Noun
1. twelve dozen
(synonym) 144
(hypernym) large integer
2. the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
(synonym) revenue, receipts
(hypernym) income
(hyponym) box office

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Verb
1. earn before taxes, expenses, etc.
(hypernym) gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
(derivation) revenue, receipts

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Adjective
1. before any deductions; "gross income"
(antonym) net, nett
(similar) overall, total
2. visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)
(synonym) megascopic
(similar) macroscopic, macroscopical, large
3. of general aspects or broad distinctions; "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable"
(similar) general
4. repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man"
(synonym) porcine
(similar) fat
5. 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"
(synonym) crying(a), egregious, flagrant, glaring, rank
(similar) conspicuous, obvious
6. 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"
(synonym) 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)
(similar) unmitigated
7. 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"
(synonym) coarse, crude, earthy, vulgar
(similar) indecent

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