gross in English dictionary

  • gross

    Meanings and definitions of "gross"

    • A unit of amount = twelve dozen = 144 pcs.
    • The total nominal earnings or amount, before taxes, expenses, exceptions or similar are deducted. That which remains after all deductions is called net.
    • The bulk, the mass, the masses.
    • To earn money, not including expenses.
    • Disgusting.
    • Coarse, rude, vulgar, obscene, or impure.
    • Great, large, palpable, bulky, or fat.
    • Great, serious, flagrant, or shameful
    • the whole amount; entire; total before any deductions.
    • Dull.
    • adjective
      (slang)
      Disgusting, nasty.
    • adjective
      Coarse, rude, vulgar, obscene, or impure.
    • adjective
      Coarse, unrefined.
    • adjective
      Great, large, bulky, or fat.
    • adjective
      Great, serious, flagrant, or shameful.
    • adjective
      The whole amount; entire; total before any deductions.
    • adjective
      Not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.
    • adjective
      (pathology)
      seen without a microscope, macroscopic, usually for a tissue or an organ.
    • noun
      Twelve dozen = 144.
    • noun
      The total nominal earnings or amount, before taxes, expenses, exceptions or similar are deducted. That which remains after all deductions is called net.
    • noun
      The bulk, the mass, the masses.
    • verb
      To earn money, not including expenses.
    • whole amount, total
    • dull
    • total earnings or amount
    • disgusting
    • coarse, rude, obscene
    • bulky, fat
    • serious, flagrant, shameful
    • adjective
      before any deductions; "gross income"
    • adjective
      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"
    • adjective
      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"
    • adjective
      lacking fine distinctions or detail; "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable"
    • adjective
      repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man"
    • adjective
      visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)
    • noun
      the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
    • noun
      twelve dozen
    • verb
      earn before taxes, expenses, etc.

    Synonyms of "gross" in English dictionary

    receipts, gain, crying are the top synonyms of "gross" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "gross" in English dictionary

    net is the antonym of "gross" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of gross

    • gross ( comparative grosser or more gross, superlative grossest or most gross)
    • gross ( third-person singular simple present grosses, present participle grossing, simple past and past participle grossed)
    • gross ( plural  gross  or grosses)
    • gross (comparative grosser or more gross, superlative grossest or most gross)
    • gross (plural gross or grosses)
    • gross (third-person singular simple present grosses, present participle grossing, simple past and past participle grossed)
  • Gross

    Meanings and definitions of "gross"

    • A surname, originally a nickname for a big man, from Middle English gros (“large”).
    • proper
      A surname, originally a nickname for a big man, from Middle English gros (“large”).
    • proper
      A village in Nebraska, having a population of two as of 2010.

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