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Words with a similar base: gross

'gross'

[gross.n.01] as in: twelve dozen

'gross'

[gross.n.02] as in: the entire amount of income before any deductions are made

'gross'

[gross.v.01] as in: earn before taxes, expenses, etc.

'gross'

[gross.a.01] as in: before any deductions

Examples:
gross income

'gross'

[gross.s.01] as in: lacking fine distinctions or detail

Examples:
the gross details of the structure appear reasonable

'gross'

[gross.s.02] as in: repellently fat

Examples:
a bald porcine old man

'gross'

[megascopic.s.01] as in: visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)

'gross'

[arrant.s.01] as in: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

Examples:
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

'gross'

[crude.s.02] as in: conspicuously and tastelessly indecent

Examples:
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

'gross'

[crying.s.02] as in: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

Examples:
a crying shame
an egregious lie
flagrant violation of human rights
a glaring error
gross ineptitude
gross injustice
rank treachery

Origins

					gross (English)
└── gross (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── gros (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        └── grossus (Latin)
            └── groz (Old High German (ca. 750-1050))