Grossname/ɡɹəʊs/

• 1

  A surname from Middle English, originally a nickname for a big man, from Middle English gros (“large”).

  • This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies, in today for Terry Gross.
• 2

  A village in Nebraska, having a population of two as of 2010.

grossadj/ɡɹəʊs/

• 1

  remarkably great, big, vast in an often unpleasant way; (of behaviour) Highly or conspicuously offensive.

  • a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence; a gross insult
  • 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:
• 2

  Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.

  • gross domestic product; gross income; gross weight
  • What is the gross sum that I owe thee?
• 3

  medicinepathologysciencesSeen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed.

  • gross anatomy
  • 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.
• 4

  informalCausing disgust.

  • I threw up all over the bed. It was totally gross.
  • Mary Ann spent her lunch hour at Hastings, picking out just the right tie for Norman. The hint might not be terribly subtle, she decided, but somebody had to do something about that gross, gravy-stained clip-on number.
• 5

  Lacking refinement in behaviour or manner; offending a standard of morality.

  • Pog. Forsooth my Maister said that hee loved her almost as well as hee loved parmasent, and swore […] that shee wanted such a Nose as his was, to be as pretty a young woeman, as was any in Parma. Do. Oh grose!
  • Verjuice. She certainly has Talents. / Lady Sneerwell. But her manner is gross.
• 6

  Lacking refinement; not of high quality.

  • The flowers of Rubens are gross and rude […]
  • He scorned my wholesome kennel fare, toothing out dainties and leaving the grosser portions to be finished by the other dogs.
• 7

  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.
• 8

  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.
  • He collected a number of injuries that stopped him jousting, and then in middle age became stout, eventually gross.

grossnoun/ɡɹəʊs/

• 1

  Twelve dozen = 144.

  • We need to order three gross of torx screws for next week.
• 2

  The total amount (of goods, money, etc) before taxes, expenses, exceptions, tares, or similar deductions are subtracted.

• 3

  The bulk; the mass.

grossverb/ɡɹəʊs/

• 1

  To earn money, not including expenses.

  • The movie grossed three million on the first weekend.
  • The film grossed $464 million worldwide, ensconcing her in the Hollywood A-list.