From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gross
adj 1: before any deductions; "gross income" [ant: net,
nett]
2: lacking fine distinctions or detail; "the gross details of
the structure appear reasonable"
3: repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man" [syn: gross,
porcine]
4: visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical
features) [syn: megascopic, gross]
5: 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"; "the unadulterated truth" [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), unadulterated]
6: 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: crude,
earthy, gross, vulgar]
7: 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, gross, rank]
n 1: twelve dozen [syn: gross, 144]
2: the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
[syn: gross, revenue, receipts]
v 1: earn before taxes, expenses, etc.