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.

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 …

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.

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.

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

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;

Gross income For households and individuals, gross income is the sum of all wages, salaries, profits, interest payments, rents, and other forms of earnings, before any deductions or taxes. It is opposed …

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