gross in WordNet English dictionary

1. twelve dozen
   gross  144 
   
2. the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
   gross  revenue  receipts 
   

1. 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"
   arrant  complete  consummate  double-dyed  everlasting  gross  perfect  pure  sodding  stark  staring  thoroughgoing  utter  unadulterated 
   
2. 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"
   crude  earthy  gross  vulgar 
   
3. 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"
   crying  egregious  flagrant  glaring  gross  rank 
   
4. before any deductions
   "gross income"
   gross 
   
5. repellently fat
   "a bald porcine old man"
   gross  porcine 
   
6. lacking fine distinctions or detail
   "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable"
   gross 
   
7. visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)
   megascopic  gross 
   

1. earn before taxes, expenses, etc.
   gross