Definition/Meaning of gross

• English - Adjective: gross ( comparative grosser or more gross , superlative grossest or most gross ) ( slang , not UK ) Disgusting , nasty . Coarse , rude , vulgar , obscene , or impure . 1874 : Dodsley et al ., A Select Collection of Old English Plays But man to know God is a difficulty , except by a mean he himself inure , which is to know God’s creatures that be: at first them that be of the grossest nature ,…
• English - Noun: gross ( plural gross or grosses ) Twelve dozen = 144. The total nominal earnings or amount , before taxes , expenses , exceptions or similar are deducted . That which remains after all deductions is called net . The bulk , the mass , the masses . Translations
• English - Verb: gross ( third-person singular simple present grosses , present participle grossing , simple past and past participle grossed ) To earn money , not including expenses . The movie gross ed three million on the first weekend .
• English - Etymology: From Middle English gross ( “ whole , entire; flagrant , monstrous ” ), from Old French gros ( “ big , thick , large , stout ” ), from Late Latin grossus ( “ thick in diameter , coarse ” ), and Medieval Latin grossus ( “ great , big ” ), from Old High German grōz ( “ big , thick , coarse ” ), from Proto-Germanic *grautaz ( “ large , great , thick , coarse grained , unrefined ” ), from…
• English - Pronunciation: Rhymes: -əʊs