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gross  (grosser comparative) (grossest superlative) (grosses 3rd person present) (grossing present participle) (grossed past tense & past participle )
The plural of the number is gross.  
1  adj You use gross to describe something unacceptable or unpleasant to a very great amount, degree, or intensity. 
ADJ n 
The company were guilty of gross negligence., ...an act of gross injustice.  
 grossly    adv ADV -ed/adj 
Funding of education had been grossly inadequate for years..., She was grossly overweight.  
2  adj If you say that someone's speech or behaviour is gross, you think it is very rude or unacceptable., (disapproval)  He abused the Admiral in the grossest terms..., I feel disgusted and wonder how I could ever have been so gross.  
3  adj If you describe something as gross, you think it is very unpleasant. 
INFORMAL, disapproval They had a commercial on the other night for Drug Free America that was so gross I thought Daddy was going to faint..., He wears really gross holiday outfits.  
4  adj If you describe someone as gross, you mean that they are extremely fat and unattractive. 
v-link ADJ  (disapproval)  I only resist things like chocolate if I feel really gross.  
5  adj Gross means the total amount of something, especially money, before any has been taken away. 
ADJ n 
...a fixed rate account guaranteeing 10.4% gross interest or 7.8% net until October.  
  Gross is also an adverb., adv ADV after v 
Interest is paid gross, rather than having tax deducted., ...a father earning £20,000 gross a year.  
6  adj Gross means the total amount of something, after all the relevant amounts have been added together. 
ADJ n 
National Savings gross sales in June totalled £709 million.  
7  adj Gross means the total weight of something, including its container or wrapping. 
ADJ n 
8  verb If a person or a business grosses a particular amount of money, they earn that amount of money before tax has been taken away.  (BUSINESS) 
So far the films have grossed more than £590 million.  V n 
9  num A gross is a group of 144 things. 
usu a/num NUM 
He ordered twelve gross of the disks.  

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