'Gross' definitions:

Definition of 'gross'

From: WordNet
adjective
Before any deductions; "gross income" [ant: net, nett]
adjective
Lacking fine distinctions or detail; "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable"
adjective
Repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man" [syn: gross, porcine]
adjective
Visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features) [syn: megascopic, gross]
adjective
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"; "the unadulterated truth" [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), unadulterated]
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" [syn: crude, earthy, gross, vulgar]
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" [syn: crying(a), egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank]
noun
Twelve dozen [syn: gross, 144]
noun
The entire amount of income before any deductions are made [syn: gross, revenue, receipts]
verb
Earn before taxes, expenses, etc.

Definition of 'Gross'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • A gross body of horse under the Duke. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless. [1913 Webster]
  • Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Expressing, or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure. [1913 Webster]
  • The terms which are delicate in one age become gross in the next. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Hence: Disgusting; repulsive; highly offensive; as, a gross remark. [PJC]
  • 6. Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to net. [1913 Webster]
  • 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 weight, or net weight. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Gross'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • For the gross of the people, they are considered as a mere herd of cattle. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. sing. & pl. The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'gross'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Gross, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Gross, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000) :
5
Housing Units (2000) :
1
Land area (2000) :
0.130441 sq. miles (0.337841 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.130441 sq. miles (0.337841 sq. km)
FIPS code :
20295
Located within :
Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location :
42.946756 N, 98.569233 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.