Sekirov Dictionary

gross

UK /ɡɹəʊs/US /ɡɹoʊs/

adjective 11
noun 3
verb 1
forms 7
phrases 2

adjective11

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remarkably great, big, vast in an often unpleasant way; (of behaviour) Highly or conspicuously offensive.
- Henry IV. My gracious uncle, let me know my fault: / On what condition stands it and wherein? / Edmund of Langley. Even in condition of the worst degree, / In gross rebellion and detested treason: — 1595
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(informal) disgusting, so dirty or nasty that it makes people feel sick
- I threw up all over the bed. It was totally gross.
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Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.
- What is the gross sum that I owe thee? — 1596
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Lacking refinement in behaviour or manner; offending a standard of morality.
- Verjuice. She certainly has Talents. / Lady Sneerwell. But her manner is gross. — 1777
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Lacking refinement; not of high quality.
- The flowers of Rubens are gross and rude […] — 1860
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Heavy in proportion to one's height; having a lot of excess flesh.
- Kitty noticed that her sister’s pregnancy had blunted her features and in her black dress she looked gross and blousy. — 1925
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Seen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed.
- We are accustomed to look for the gross and immediate effect and to ignore all else. Unless this appears promptly and in such obvious form that it cannot be ignored, we deny the existence of hazard. — 1962
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Dense, heavy.
- ⁠Thy spirit ere our fatal loss / ⁠Did ever rise from high to higher; / ⁠As mounts the heavenward altar-fire, / As flies the lighter thro’ the gross. — 1850
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(literary) Difficult or impossible to see through.
- Couragious Lancaster, imbrace thy king, / And as grosse vapours perish by the sunne, / Euen so let hatred with thy soueraigne smile, — 1594
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(no longer used) Not sensitive in perception or feeling.
- For he is grosse and like the massie earth, / That mooues not vpwards, nor by princely deeds / Doth meane to soare aboue the highest sort. — 1587
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(no longer used) Easy to perceive.
- […] though the truth of it stands off as gross / As black and white, my eye will scarcely see it. — 1599

noun3

The total amount (of goods, money, etc) before taxes, expenses, exceptions, tares, or similar deductions are subtracted.
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Twelve dozen = 144.
- We need to order three gross of torx screws for next week.
The bulk; the mass.

verb1

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To earn money, not including expenses.
- The movie grossed three million on the first weekend.

forms

grossed · grossing · grosses · grosser · more gross · grossest · most gross

Phrases with gross

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