·superl Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
II. Gross ·adj The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass.
III. Gross ·superl Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
IV. Gross ·superl Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
V. Gross ·superl Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.
VI. Gross (·sg & ·pl) The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.
VII. Gross ·superl Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
VIII. Gross ·superl Expressing, Or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.
IX. Gross ·superl Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight;
— opposed to net.