Sample sentences for the GRE study word gross

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

1. gross -- (earn before taxes, expenses, etc.)

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