Definition of: gross

(grōs) adjective
1. Conspicuous by reason of size or openness; glaring; flagrant: said of errors, wrongs, faults, untruths, etc.
2. Undiminished by deduction; entire: opposed to net: gross earnings, gross weight.
3. Coarse in meaning or sense; indelicate; obscene: gross epithets.
4. Of excessive or repulsive size combined with coarseness; big; fat; bulky: a gross woman.
5. Wanting in fineness; coarse in composition or structure: gross material.
6. Closely compacted, so as to be thick or dense: gross vapors.
7. Wanting in delicacy of perception or sensibility; dull of apprehension or feeling; stupid.
8. Not specific or detailed; general.
9. Obs. Palpable; obvious. See synonyms under CORPULENT, FOUL, IMMODEST, THICK, VULGAR.
—noun plural gross
1. Twelve dozen, as a unit.
2. The greater part; mass; entire amount.
—in gross or in the gross In bulk; all together.
—v.t. & v.i. To make or earn (total profit) before deduction of expenses, taxes, etc. [<OF gros <LL grossus thick]
—gross′ly adverb
—gross′ness noun