grosses

noun

The total amount (of goods, money, etc) before taxes, expenses, exceptions, tares, or similar deductions are subtracted.

The bulk; the mass.

Twelve dozen = 144.

A surname from Middle English, originally a nickname for a big man, from Middle English gros (“large”).

A village in Nebraska, having a population of two as of 2010.

verb

(transitive) To earn money, not including expenses.

adjective

(of an amount) Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.

(informal, Canada, US, Australia) Causing disgust.

(of behaviour) Highly or conspicuously offensive.

Lacking refinement in behaviour or manner; offending a standard of morality.

(of a product) Lacking refinement; not of high quality.

(of a person) Heavy in proportion to one's height; having a lot of excess flesh.

(sciences, pathology) Seen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed.

(of a substance) Dense, heavy.

(now chiefly poetic) Difficult or impossible to see through.

(archaic) Not sensitive in perception or feeling.

(obsolete) Easy to perceive.

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