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| 1. | [ adjective ] before any deductions | |
| Examples: | "gross income" |
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| Related terms: | net overall | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features) | |
| Synonyms: | megascopic | |
| Related terms: | macroscopic | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] repellently fat | |
| Synonyms: | porcine | |
| Examples: | "a bald porcine old man" |
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| Related terms: | fat | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] of general aspects or broad distinctions | |
| Examples: | "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable" |
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| Related terms: | general | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible | |
| Synonyms: | glaring egregious flagrant rank crying | |
| Examples: | "a crying shame" "an egregious lie" "flagrant violation of human rights" "a glaring error" "gross ineptitude" "gross injustice" "rank treachery" |
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| Related terms: | conspicuous | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] conspicuously and tastelessly indecent | |
| Synonyms: | crude earthy vulgar coarse | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | indecent | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (mathematics) twelve dozen | |
| Synonyms: | 144 | |
| Related terms: | large_integer | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | |
| Synonyms: | utter pure double-dyed everlasting complete perfect sodding stark staring thoroughgoing consummate arrant | |
| Examples: | "an arrant fool" "a complete coward" "a consummate fool" "gross negligence" "a perfect idiot" "pure folly" "what a sodding mess" "stark staring mad" "utter nonsense" |
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| Related terms: | unmitigated | |
| 9. | [ verb ] (work) earn before taxes, expenses, etc. | |
| Related terms: | gain | |
| 10. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 416 | |
| 11. | [ noun ] (business) the entire amount of income before any deductions are made | |
| Synonyms: | revenue receipts | |
| Related terms: | income gate box_office | |
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Grosso Grossi Grosse Gros grass grosz Grose Gress Grosch Grasso grassy Grassi Grassia Grus gris Grias Grego Greco Grays Grise Gries Griese greasy grease grouse Grieco Griggs Greggs Grecco Griego |
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