Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gross \Gross\, a. [Compar. {Grosser}; superl. {Grossest}.] [F.
   gros, L. grossus, perh. fr. L. crassus thick, dense, fat, E.
   crass, cf. Skr. grathita tied together, wound up, hardened.
   Cf. {Engross}, {Grocer}, {Grogram}.]
   1. Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
      ``A gross fat man.'' --Shak.

            A gross body of horse under the Duke. --Milton.

   2. Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.

   3. Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception
      or feeling; dull; witless.

            Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear.
                                                  --Milton.

   4. Expressing, Or originating in, animal or sensual
      appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.

            The terms which are delicate in one age become gross
            in the next.                          --Macaulay.

   5. Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.

   6. Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross
      mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.

   7. Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross
      sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to
      {net.}

   {Gross adventure} (Law) the loan of money upon bottomry, i.
      e., on a mortgage of a ship.

   {Gross average} (Law), that kind of average which falls upon
      the gross or entire amount of ship, cargo, and freight; --
      commonly called {general average}. --Bouvier. --Burrill.

   {Gross receipts}, the total of the receipts, before they are
      diminished by any deduction, as for expenses; --
      distinguished from net profits. --Abbott.

   {Gross weight} the total weight of merchandise or goods,
      without deduction for tare, tret, or waste; --
      distinguished from {neat, or net, weight}.

Gross \Gross\, n. [F. gros (in sense 1), grosse (in sense 2).
   See {Gross}, a.]
   1. The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass. ``The gross
      of the enemy.'' --Addison.

            For the gross of the people, they are considered as
            a mere herd of cattle.                --Burke.

   2. sing. & pl. The number of twelve dozen; twelve times
      twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.

   {Advowson in gross} (Law), an advowson belonging to a person,
      and not to a manor.

   {A great gross}, twelve gross; one hundred and forty-four
      dozen.

   {By the gross}, by the quantity; at wholesale.

   {Common in gross}. (Law) See under {Common}, n.

   {In the gross}, {In gross}, in the bulk, or the undivided
      whole; all parts taken together.

Source : WordNet®

gross
     adj 1: before any deductions; "gross income" [ant: {net}]
     2: visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical
        features) [syn: {megascopic}]
     3: of general aspects or broad distinctions; "the gross details
        of the structure appear reasonable"
     4: repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man" [syn: {porcine}]
     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" [syn: {crying(a)}, {egregious},
         {flagrant}, {glaring}, {rank}]
     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" [syn: {arrant(a)}, {complete(a)},
         {consummate(a)}, {double-dyed(a)}, {everlasting(a)}, {gross(a)},
         {perfect(a)}, {pure(a)}, {sodding(a)}, {stark(a)}, {staring(a)},
         {thoroughgoing(a)}, {utter(a)}]
     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" [syn: {coarse}, {crude}, {earthy}, {vulgar}]

gross
     n 1: twelve dozen [syn: {144}]
     2: the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
        [syn: {revenue}, {receipts}]

gross
     v : earn before taxes, expenses, etc.