4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.'' --Shak.
A gross body of horse under the Duke. --Milton.
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.
--Milton.
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. --Macaulay.
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}. --Bouvier. --Burrill.
{Gross receipts}, the total of the receipts, before they are
diminished by any deduction, as for expenses; --
distinguished from net profits. --Abbott.
{Gross weight} the total weight of merchandise or goods,
without deduction for tare, tret, or waste; --
distinguished from {neat, or net, weight}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.'' --Addison.
For the gross of the people, they are considered as
a mere herd of cattle. --Burke.
2. sing. & pl. The number of twelve dozen; twelve times
twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.
{Advowson in gross} (Law), an advowson belonging to a person,
and not to a manor.
{A great gross}, twelve gross; one hundred and forty-four
dozen.
{By the gross}, by the quantity; at wholesale.
{Common in gross}. (Law) See under {Common}, n.
{In the gross}, {In gross}, in the bulk, or the undivided
whole; all parts taken together.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
gross
adj 1: before any deductions; "gross income" [ant: {net}]
2: visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical
features) [syn: {megascopic}]
3: of general aspects or broad distinctions; "the gross details
of the structure appear reasonable"
4: repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man" [syn: {porcine}]
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" [syn: {crying(a)}, {egregious},
{flagrant}, {glaring}, {rank}]
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" [syn: {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)}]
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" [syn: {coarse}, {crude}, {earthy}, {vulgar}]
n 1: twelve dozen [syn: {144}]
2: the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
[syn: {revenue}, {receipts}]
v : earn before taxes, expenses, etc.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gross, NE (village, FIPS 20295)
Location: 42.94676 N, 98.56887 W
Population (1990): 7 (2 housing units)
Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)