Gross - English meaning

noun

A whole formed by combining several separate elements.

Usage examples:

The council was an aggregate of three regional assemblies

adjective

Formed or calculated by the combination of several separate elements; total.

Usage examples:

The aggregate amount of grants made

verb

Form or group into a class or cluster.

Usage examples:

Socio-occupational groups aggregate men sharing similar kinds of occupation

adjective

Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks.

Usage examples:

A series of audacious takeovers

adjective

Showing a willingness to take risks or offend people

Usage examples:

He described the plan as ambitious and audacious., an audacious remark/suggestion

noun

A flexible container with an opening at the top, used for carrying things.

Usage examples:

He arrived at the children's ward carrying a bag full of toys for the young patients

verb

Put (something) in a bag.

Usage examples:

Customers bagged their own groceries

noun

A soft container made out of paper or thin plastic, and open at the top, used to hold foods and other goods

Usage examples:

A paper/plastic bag, a bag of apples/nuts, don't eat that whole bag of (= the amount the bag contai…

adjective

Shameless and undisguised.

Usage examples:

A barefaced lie

adjective

Not showing any shame about, or trying to hide, your bad behaviour

Usage examples:

That's a barefaced lie!, he's selling influence. the man's quite barefaced about it., she still loo…

adjective

Not wearing any make-up (= coloured substances used on your face to improve or change your appearance)

Usage examples:

She still looks like a teenager when she's barefaced and ponytailed., i prefer a barefaced, natural…

adjective

Dealing with sexual matters in a comical way; humorously indecent.

Usage examples:

Brothers and sisters should avoid one another in public and refrain from telling bawdy jokes or mak…

noun

Humorously indecent talk or writing.

Usage examples:

His wonderful wit greatly delighted contemporary readers, most of whom were not worried by bawdy, t…

adjective

Containing humorous remarks about sex

Usage examples:

Bawdy humour/songs

adjective

(of bad behaviour) done openly and unashamedly.

Usage examples:

Blatant lies

adjective

Very obvious and intentional, when this is a bad thing

Usage examples:

A blatant lie, the whole episode was a blatant attempt to gain publicity.

adjective

Of a colour intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or sea on a sunny day.

Usage examples:

The clear blue sky

noun

Blue colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

She was dressed in blue

verb

A person who has represented cambridge university (a cambridge blue ) or oxford university (an oxford blue ) at a particular sport in a match between the two universities.

Usage examples:

A flyweight boxing blue

adjective

Bold and without shame.

Usage examples:

He went about his illegal business with a brazen assurance

verb

Endure an embarrassing or difficult situation by behaving with apparent confidence and lack of shame.

Usage examples:

There was nothing to do but brazen it out

adjective

Obvious, without any attempt to be hidden

Usage examples:

Brazen cheating, he told me a brazen lie.

adjective

Rough or harsh in texture.

Usage examples:

A coarse woollen cloth

adjective

Rough and not smooth or soft

Usage examples:

Coarse hair, coarse linen shirts, now and then coarse laughter broke out., our recipe calls for coa…

adjective

Rough and not smooth or soft, or not in very small pieces

Usage examples:

Coarse sand/breadcrumbs, coarse-grained linen is a coarse-grained fabric.

verb

Bring or gather together (a number of things).

Usage examples:

He went round the office collecting old coffee cups

adjective

(of a phone call) paid for by the person receiving it.

Usage examples:

A collect call

adverb

(with reference to making a phone call) in a way that is paid for by the person receiving it.

Usage examples:

I called my mother collect

adjective

Having all the necessary or appropriate parts.

Usage examples:

A complete list of courses offered by the university

verb

Finish making or doing.

Usage examples:

He completed his phd in 1993

verb

Having all necessary qualities

adjective

Including or dealing with all or nearly all elements or aspects of something.

Usage examples:

A comprehensive list of sources

noun

A comprehensive school.

Usage examples:

He trained as an accountant after leaving the local comprehensive

adjective

Including everything that is necessary; complete

Usage examples:

They put forward comprehensive legislation to revise the rules for financing political campaigns.

adjective

Clearly visible.

Usage examples:

He was very thin, with a conspicuous adam's apple

adjective

Easily noticed; obvious

Usage examples:

He was conspicuous as usual with a big yellow bow tie.

adjective

Very noticeable or attracting attention, often in a way that is not wanted

Usage examples:

In china, her blonde hair was conspicuous., look conspicuous he tried not to look conspicuous and m…

adjective

In a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined.

Usage examples:

Crude oil

noun

Offensively coarse or rude, especially in relation to sexual matters.

Usage examples:

A crude joke

noun

Natural mineral oil.

Usage examples:

The ship was carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude

adjective

Covered or marked with an unclean substance.

Usage examples:

A tray of dirty cups and saucers

adverb

Used for emphasis.

Usage examples:

A dirty great slab of stone

verb

Make dirty.

Usage examples:

She didn't like him dirtying her nice clean towels

verb

Produce (a picture or diagram) by making lines and marks on paper with a pencil, pen, etc.

Usage examples:

He drew a map

noun

An act of selecting names randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.

Usage examples:

The draw has been made for this year's tournament

verb

Cause to move by pulling

verb

Obtain (money) in return for labour or services.

Usage examples:

I earned £10 an hour working in the shop

verb

To receive money as payment for work that you do

Usage examples:

I earn $80,000 a year., how much do you earn, if you don't mind me asking?, earn a living you can't…

verb

To get something that you deserve

Usage examples:

It's been a tough six months and i feel i've earned a few weeks off.

adjective

Resembling or suggestive of earth or soil.

Usage examples:

An earthy smell

adjective

Enjoying and being honest or clear about things connected to life, such as the body and emotions

Usage examples:

Some readers may not like his earthy humor., the cabin has an earthy smell.

adjective

Referring to sex and the human body in a direct way

Usage examples:

She has an earthy sense of humour.

adjective

With no part left out; whole.

Usage examples:

My plans are to travel the entire world

noun

An uncastrated male horse.

adjective

Whole or complete, with nothing lacking, or continuous, without interruption

Usage examples:

He read the entire book on the flight to buenos aires., her entire family gathered for their annual…

adjective

Clearly seen or understood; obvious.

Usage examples:

She ate the biscuits with evident enjoyment

adjective

Easily seen or understood; obvious

Usage examples:

It quickly became evident that someone had broken in., twain’s interest in adam is evident in all h…

adjective

Easily seen or understood

Usage examples:

The full extent of the damage only became evident the following morning., from the smell it was evi…

verb

Go for and then bring back (someone or something) for someone.

Usage examples:

He ran to fetch help

noun

The distance travelled by wind or waves across open water.

Usage examples:

Wave disturbance was estimated by measuring the fetch for wave height on maps as the width of the r…

noun

The apparition or double of a living person, formerly believed to be a warning of that person's impending death.

Usage examples:

I saw a fetch who looked like me

adjective

Disgustingly dirty.

Usage examples:

A filthy hospital with no sanitation

adverb

To an extreme extent.

Usage examples:

He has become filthy rich

adjective

Extremely dirty

Usage examples:

Trucks poured out clouds of filthy, black smoke., there were beggars in the streets and filth every…

adjective

(of an action considered wrong or immoral) conspicuously or obviously offensive.

Usage examples:

A flagrant violation of the law

adjective

Shocking because of being so bad and so obvious

Usage examples:

A flagrant violation of the rules, he flagrantly broke the law.

adjective

(of a bad action, situation, person, etc.) shocking because of being so obvious

Usage examples:

A flagrant misuse of funds/privilege, a flagrant breach of trust, a flagrant disregard for the law

adjective

Containing or holding as much or as many as possible; having no empty space.

Usage examples:

Waste bins full of rubbish

adverb

Straight; directly.

Usage examples:

She turned her head and looked full into his face

noun

The period, point, or state of the greatest fullness or strength.

Usage examples:

So many of those who were killed in the attacks were right in the full of their lives.

verb

Come to have (something); receive.

Usage examples:

I got a letter from him the other day

noun

See have.

verb

Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

adjective

Giving out or reflecting a strong or dazzling light.

Usage examples:

The glaring sun

verb

Stare in an angry or fierce way.

Usage examples:

She glared at him, her cheeks flushing

adjective

(of something bad) very obvious

Usage examples:

It was a glaring mistake.

adjective

Not in accordance with accepted standards, especially of morality or honesty.

Usage examples:

The improper use of public funds

adjective

Being against a law or a rule; dishonest or illegal

Usage examples:

The treasurer denied accepting any improper payments., an improper choice of words, if handled impr…

adjective

Dishonest, and not allowed by a rule or by law

Usage examples:

The cropland may have been polluted because of improper use of pesticides and fertilizers., imprope…

adjective

Mixed with foreign matter; adulterated.

Usage examples:

An impure form of heroin

adjective

Mixed with other substances and therefore harmful or lower in quality

Usage examples:

Impure drinking water, impurities are removed from the blood by the kidneys.

adjective

Mixed with other substances and therefore lower in quality

Usage examples:

Impure heroin/gold

adjective

Not conforming with generally accepted standards of behaviour, especially in relation to sexual matters.

Usage examples:

Indecent acts

adjective

Morally offensive, esp. in a sexual way

Usage examples:

Indecent language is not allowed on the radio between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., [ u ] the network receive…

adjective

Morally offensive, especially in a sexual way

Usage examples:

An indecent act/photograph, she accused him of making indecent suggestions to her.

adjective

Having or showing a lack of sensitive understanding or tact.

Usage examples:

Forgive me asking an indelicate question, but how are you off for money?

adjective

Indelicate words or actions are not suitable for a situation and are likely to be offensive

Usage examples:

An indelicate comment, it is indelicate to would it be indelicate to mention the fee at this point?

adjective

Crude and offensive in a sexual way.

Usage examples:

She began to gyrate to the music and sing a lewd song

adjective

(esp. of behavior or speech) sexual in an obvious and socially unacceptable way

Usage examples:

Lewd remarks

adjective

(of behaviour, speech, dress, etc.) sexual in an obvious and rude way

Usage examples:

Ignore him - he's being lewd., a lewd suggestion

verb

Form (something) by putting parts together or combining substances; create.

Usage examples:

My grandmother made a dress for me

noun

The manufacturer or trade name of a product.

Usage examples:

The make, model, and year of his car

verb

Perform or carry out

adjective

Clear or obvious to the eye or mind.

Usage examples:

Her manifest charm and proven ability

verb

Show (a quality or feeling) by one's acts or appearance; demonstrate.

Usage examples:

Lizzy manifested signs of severe depression

noun

A document listing a ship's contents, cargo, passengers, and crew, for the use of customs officers.

Usage examples:

If you're a customs inspector at a port of entry you can send photos of cargos and manifests back t…

adjective

(of a person or part of the body) without clothes.

Usage examples:

He'd never seen a naked woman before

adjective

Not wearing any clothes

adjective

(especially of a child) badly behaved; disobedient.

Usage examples:

You've been a really naughty boy

adjective

(esp. of children) behaving badly and not being obedient, or (esp. of behavior or language) not socially acceptable

Usage examples:

A naughty girl, a naughty word

adjective

When children are naughty, or their behaviour is naughty, they behave badly or do not do what they are told to do

Usage examples:

Now that's naughty - don't throw food on the floor!, our boss treats us all like naughty children.

adjective

(of the portrayal or description of sexual matters) offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency.

Usage examples:

Obscene jokes

adjective

Offensive, rude, or disgusting according to accepted moral standards

adjective

Easily perceived or understood; clear, self-evident, or apparent.

Usage examples:

Unemployment has been the most obvious cost of the recession

adjective

Easily seen, recognized, or understood

Usage examples:

An obvious solution, for obvious reasons, he needs to find work soon.

adjective

Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed.

Usage examples:

The allegations made are deeply offensive to us

noun

An attacking military campaign.

Usage examples:

An impending military offensive against the guerrillas

Unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses

adjective

Complete; in all ways

Usage examples:

He’s an out-and-out fraud.

adjective

Taking everything into account.

Usage examples:

The governors and head have overall responsibility for managing the school

adverb

Taken as a whole; in all.

Usage examples:

Overall, 10,000 jobs will go

noun

A loose-fitting coat or one-piece garment worn over ordinary clothes for protection against dirt or heavy wear.

Usage examples:

Men in grubby blue overalls

adjective

Done or shown openly; plainly apparent.

Usage examples:

An overt act of aggression

adjective

Done or shown obviously or publicly; not hidden or secret

Usage examples:

There are no overt signs of damage., he refrained from overtly criticizing his opponent.

adjective

(of a feeling or atmosphere) so intense as to seem almost tangible.

Usage examples:

A palpable sense of loss

adjective

So obvious that it can easily be seen or known, or (of a feeling) so strong that it seems as if it can be touched or physically felt

Usage examples:

The tension in the room was palpable during the exam.

noun

A government authority or licence conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention.

Usage examples:

He took out a patent for an improved steam hammer

adjective

Easily recognizable; obvious.

Usage examples:

She was smiling with patent insincerity

Obtain a patent for (an invention).

Usage examples:

An invention is not your own until it is patented

noun

Pornography.

Usage examples:

Hardcore porn

adjective

Pornographic.

Usage examples:

A porn film

adjective

Pornographic.

Usage examples:

Porno magazines

noun

A pornographic film.

Usage examples:

A low-budget porno

adjective

Pornography.

Usage examples:

Hardcore porn

adjective

Constituting or resembling pornography; obscene.

Usage examples:

Pornographic images

idiom

Get or bring together

phrasal verb

(of a vehicle) move to the side of or off the road.

Usage examples:

He pulled in at the kerb

phrasal verb

Succeed in securing or obtaining something.

Usage examples:

The party pulled in 10 per cent of the vote

adjective

Energetically earthy and sexually explicit.

Usage examples:

His raunchy new novel

adjective

Rude or offensive because of showing or talking about sex in an obvious way

Usage examples:

Raunchy language/humor

verb

Be given, presented with, or paid (something).

Usage examples:

The band will receive a £100,000 advance

verb

Get something; come into possession of

verb

To get or be given something

Usage examples:

She received a letter from her son., i’ll receive my bachelor’s degree in the spring., the presiden…

adjective

Referring to sexual matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way.

Usage examples:

A ribald comment

adjective

Ribald language refers to sex in a rude but humorous way

Usage examples:

He entertained us with ribald stories.

adjective

Slightly indecent and liable to shock, especially by being sexually suggestive.

Usage examples:

His risqué humour

adjective

Slightly shocking, usually because of being connected with sex

adjective

Offensively impolite or bad-mannered.

Usage examples:

She had been rude to her boss

adjective

Behaving in a way that hurts other people’s feelings; not polite

Usage examples:

I apologized for ted’s rude behavior., i thought it was rude of him not to introduce me., i’ve live…

adjective

(of a person or their conduct) characterized by or showing a lack of shame; barefaced or brazen.

Usage examples:

His shameless hypocrisy

adjective

(of a person or situation) sordid, corrupt, or immoral.

Usage examples:

A sleazy private detective

adjective

Morally bad and low in quality, but trying to attract people by a showy appearance or false manner

Usage examples:

He’s a sleazy politician who ignored his responsibilities in order to make his friends rich.

adjective

Sleazy people and places are involved in activities of a low moral standard

Usage examples:

57% of voters think of the government as "sleazy and incompetent"., he spent his twenties hanging o…

adjective

(of talk, writing, or pictures) obscene or lascivious.

Usage examples:

Smutty jokes

adjective

Related to or containing smut

Usage examples:

I was really embarrassed by his smutty jokes.

verb

Lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold.

Usage examples:

Mrs morgan took another biscuit

noun

A scene or sequence of sound or vision photographed or recorded continuously at one time.

Usage examples:

He completed a particularly difficult scene in two takes

verb

Get into one's hands

adjective

Comprising the whole number or amount.

Usage examples:

A total cost of £4,000

noun

The whole number or amount of something.

Usage examples:

He scored a total of thirty-three points

verb

Amount in number to.

Usage examples:

They were left with debts totalling £6,260

adjective

(of a material or article) allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen.

Usage examples:

Transparent blue water

adjective

(of a substance) allowing light through so that objects can be clearly seen through it

Usage examples:

Those transparent plastic boxes are called jewel boxes., the real reason for her leaving was so tra…

adjective

Transparent business and financial activities are done in an open way without secrets, so that people can trust that they are fair and honest

Usage examples:

The charter aims to make the national health service a more transparent and open public corporation…

adjective

(especially of an emotion) not concealed; obvious.

Usage examples:

Sophia looked around her with unconcealed curiosity

adjective

(of a feeling) not disguised or concealed; open.

Usage examples:

She looked at him with undisguised contempt

adjective

(of feelings) clearly shown or expressed

Usage examples:

On the way home from the party, she said, with undisguised relief, "well, i’m glad that’s over."

adjective

An undisguised feeling is clearly shown or expressed, when it is usually kept hidden

Usage examples:

She looked at him with undisguised contempt.

adjective

(of behaviour or actions) not proper or appropriate.

Usage examples:

An unseemly squabble

adjective

Not suitable or polite

Usage examples:

Unseemly language, unseemly haste, unseemly behavior

adjective

Lacking sophistication or good taste.

Usage examples:

A vulgar check suit

adjective

All of; entire.

Usage examples:

He spent the whole day walking

noun

A thing that is complete in itself.

Usage examples:

The subjects of the curriculum form a coherent whole

adverb

Used to emphasize the novelty or distinctness of something.

Usage examples:

The man who's given a whole new meaning to the term ‘cowboy’