English Explanatory Dictionary

gross

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Highly or conspicuously offensive.
  2. Of an amount: excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.
  3. Seen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed.
  4. Causing disgust.
  5. Lacking refinement in behaviour or manner; offending a standard of morality.
  6. Lacking refinement; not of high quality.
  7. Dense, heavy.
  8. Heavy in proportion to one's height; having a lot of excess flesh.
  9. Difficult or impossible to see through.
  10. Not sensitive in perception or feeling.
  11. Easy to perceive.
noun
  1. Twelve dozen = 144.
  2. The total amount (of goods, money, etc) before taxes, expenses, exceptions, tares, or similar deductions are subtracted.
  3. The bulk; the mass.
verb
  1. To earn money, not including expenses.
name
  1. A surname from Middle English, originally a nickname for a big man, from Middle English gros (“large”).
  2. A village in Nebraska, having a population of two as of 2010.

Pronunciation

/ɡɹəʊs/ /ɡɹoʊs/ en-us-gross.ogg /ɡɹɔs/ /ɡɹos/

Word forms

gross grosser more gross grossest most gross grosses grossing grossed

Etymology

From Middle English gros (“large, thick, full-bodied; coarse, unrefined, simple”), from Old French gros, from Latin grossus (“big, fat, thick”, in Late Latin also “coarse, rough”), of uncertain further origin but perhaps related to Proto-Celtic *brassos (“great, violent”).

Synonyms

serious flagrant shameful appalling egregious unmitigated whole entire overall total aggregate macroscopic disgusting gro grody grotesque grotty nasty revolting yucky coarse rude vulgar obscene impure rough unrefined great large bulky fat obese thick heavy dull witless obvious clear

Antonyms

net microscopic fine

Related words

engross grocer grocery groceries

Derived words

disgrossting grossify grossish grossology ungross grossen grossly adjusted gross income great gross gross adventure gross anatomy gross domestic product grossification gross income gross indecency gross margin gross motor skill gross national happiness gross national product gross negligence grossness gross out gross pay gross profit gross receipts gross register ton gross sales gross time gross up gross vehicle weight rating gross weight half gross highest-grossing in gross in the gross long gross outgross outside gross area overgross short gross small gross
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