| gross | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. 144, gross | twelve dozen. |
| ~ large integer | an integer equal to or greater than ten. |
| n. (possession) | 2. gross, receipts, revenue | the entire amount of income before any deductions are made. |
| ~ box office | total admission receipts for an entertainment. |
| ~ gate | total admission receipts at a sports event. |
| ~ amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money | a quantity of money.; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient" |
| v. (possession) | 3. gross | earn before taxes, expenses, etc.. |
| ~ earn, realise, bring in, pull in, realize, gain, make, take in, clear | earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages.; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" |
| adj. | 4. gross | before any deductions.; "gross income" |
| ~ overall | including everything.; "the overall cost" |
| adj. | 5. gross | lacking fine distinctions or detail.; "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable" |
| ~ general | applying to all or most members of a category or group.; "the general public"; "general assistance"; "a general rule"; "in general terms"; "comprehensible to the general reader" |
| adj. | 6. gross, porcine | repellently fat.; "a bald porcine old man" |
| ~ fat | having an (over)abundance of flesh.; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was" |
| adj. | 7. gross, megascopic | visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features). |
| ~ seeable, visible | capable of being seen; or open to easy view.; "a visible object"; "visible stars"; "mountains visible in the distance"; "a visible change of expression"; "visible files" |
| adj. | 8. arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter | 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" |
| ~ unmitigated | not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier.; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie" |
| adj. | 9. crude, earthy, gross, vulgar | 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" |
| ~ indecent | offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters.; "an earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture" |
| adj. | 10. crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank | 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" |
| ~ conspicuous | obvious to the eye or mind.; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening" |
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