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: a silk or rayon fabric with crosswise cotton ribs

1gross adjective 1 : glaringly noticeable

2 : OUT-AND-OUT, UTTER

3 : physically large : BIG, BULKY; especially : excessively fat

4 : GENERAL, BROAD

5 : consisting of an overall total exclusive of deductions <~ earnings>

6 : CARNAL, EARTHY <~ pleasures>

7 : coarse in nature or behavior : UNREFINED; also : crudely vulgar

8 : lacking knowledge

— gross·ly adverb

Synonyms

[1] blatant, conspicuous, egregious, flagrant, glaring, obvious, patent, prominent, pronounced, rank, striking—more at EGREGIOUS

[3] chubby, corpulent, fat, fleshy, full, obese, overweight, plump, portly, rotund, round—more at FAT

[7] coarse, common, crass, crude, ill-bred, low, rough, rude, tasteless, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar—more at COARSE

2gross noun : an overall total exclusive of deductions

— gross verb

3gross noun, plural gross : a total of 12 dozen things

gross domestic product noun : the gross national product excluding the value of net income earned abroad

gross national product noun : the total value of the goods and services produced in a nation during a year

gross·ness noun : the quality or state of being gross

Synonyms

corpulence, fatness, obesity, plumpness—more at CORPULENCE

coarseness, indelicacy, lowness, rudeness, vulgarity—more at VULGARITY

grot noun : a natural underground chamber or series of chambers open to the surface : GROTTO

gro·tesque adjective 1 : FANCIFUL, BIZARRE

2 : absurdly incongruous

3 : departing markedly from the natural, the expected, or the typical

— gro·tesque·ly adverb

Synonyms

[2] harsh, unaesthetic—more at HARSH

[3] hideous, ugly, unappealing, unattractive

grot·to noun, plural grottoes also grottos 1 : a natural underground chamber or series of chambers open to the surface : CAVE

2 : an artificial cavelike structure

Synonyms

cave—more at CAVE

grouch noun 1 : a fit of bad temper

2 : a habitually irritable or complaining person

— grouch verb

Synonyms

bear, complainer, crab, crank, grumbler, whiner; also malcontent, sorehead; killjoy, spoilsport; defeatist, pessimist; faultfinder, kicker, nitpicker, quibbler

grouchy adjective : given to grumbling : marked by ill temper

Synonyms

choleric, cross, crotchety, irascible, irritable, peevish, snappy, snippy, testy, waspish—more at IRRITABLE

crabby, cranky, fussy, grumpy, querulous—more at FUSSY

1ground noun 1 : the bottom of a body of water

2 plural : sediment at the bottom of a liquid

3 : a basis for belief, action, or argument

4 : a surrounding area : BACKGROUND

5 : the surface of the earth; also : SOIL

6 : an area with a particular use

7 plural : the area about and belonging to a building

8 : a conductor that makes electrical connection with the earth

Synonyms

grounds [2] deposit, dregs, precipitate, sediment—more at DEPOSIT

[3] base, basis, bedrock, footing, foundation, groundwork, keystone, underpinning—more at BASE

usually grounds [3] motive, reason, wherefore, why—more at REASON

[5] dirt, earth, soil—more at DIRT

grounds [7] demesne, park, premises, yard; also acres, estate, land, lot, parcel, plot, property, real estate, realty; campus; churchyard

2ground verb 1 : to bring to or place on the ground

2 : to run or cause to run aground

3 : to provide a reason or justification for

4 : to furnish with a foundation of knowledge

5 : to connect electrically with a ground

6 : to restrict to the ground; also : prohibit from some activity

Synonyms

base, rest—more at BASE

3ground past and past participle of GRIND

ground ball noun : a batted baseball that rolls or bounces along the ground

ground cover noun : low plants that grow over and cover the soil; also : a plant suitable for use as ground cover

ground·ed adjective : mentally and emotionally stable

ground·er noun : GROUND BALL

ground·hog noun : WOODCHUCK

ground·less adjective : having no ground or foundation

Synonyms

baseless,