gross

grosses grossed grossing grosser grossest
Noun
1. twelve dozen
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2. the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
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Verb
1. earn before taxes, expenses, etc.
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Adjective
1. before any deductions; "gross income"
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2. visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)
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3. of general aspects or broad distinctions; "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable"
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4. repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man"
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5. conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"
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6. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"
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7. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "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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