coarse, vulgar, gross, obscene, ribald mean offensive to good taste or morals. coarse implies roughness, rudeness, or crudeness of spirit, behavior, or language. vulgar often implies boorishness …

GROSS definition: without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (net ). See examples of gross used in a sentence.

GROSS definition: 1. (in) total: 2. extremely unpleasant: 3. extremely fat or large and ugly. Learn more.

If you say that someone's speech or behaviour is gross, you think it is very rude or unacceptable.

1. pl. gross·es The entire body or amount, as of income, before necessary deductions have been made. 2. pl. gross Abbr. gr. or gro. A group of 144 items; 12 dozen. To earn as a total income or profit …

There are 51 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word gross, 26 of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net): gross earnings; gross sales. unqualified;

Definition of gross adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

When something is gross, it's disgusting. The noun, a gross, is the complete amount (before expenses), and the verb "to gross " is to bring in money. Two things will tell you which meaning is the right one …

There is a gross [= glaring] error in the text. They have suffered a gross injustice. That's a gross exaggeration.