- (superl.) Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
- (sing.&pl.) The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.
- (superl.) Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
- (superl.) Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
- (a.) The main body; the chief part, bulk or mass.
- (superl.) Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to net.
- (superl.) Expressing or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene or impure.
- (superl.) Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.
- (superl.) Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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