MAIN
\mˈe͡ɪn], \mˈeɪn], \m_ˈeɪ_n]\
Definitions of MAIN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"
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a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
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of force; of the greatest possible intensity; "by main strength"
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of a clause; able to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb"
By Princeton University
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most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"
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a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
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of force; of the greatest possible intensity; "by main strength"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Hand.
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A stake played for at dice.
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The largest throw in a match at dice; a throw at dice within given limits, as in the game of hazard.
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A match at cockfighting.
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A main-hamper.
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Strength; force; might; violent effort.
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The chief or principal part; the main or most important thing.
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The great sea, as distinguished from an arm, bay, etc. ; the high sea; the ocean.
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principal duct or pipe, as distinguished from lesser ones; esp. (Engin.), a principal pipe leading to or from a reservoir; as, a fire main.
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Very or extremely strong.
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Vast; huge.
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Unqualified; absolute; entire; sheer.
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Principal; chief; first in size, rank, importance, etc.
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Important; necessary.
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Very; extremely; as, main heavy.
By Oddity Software
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Hand.
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A stake played for at dice.
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The largest throw in a match at dice; a throw at dice within given limits, as in the game of hazard.
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A match at cockfighting.
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A main-hamper.
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Strength; force; might; violent effort.
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The chief or principal part; the main or most important thing.
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The great sea, as distinguished from an arm, bay, etc. ; the high sea; the ocean.
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principal duct or pipe, as distinguished from lesser ones; esp. (Engin.), a principal pipe leading to or from a reservoir; as, a fire main.
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Very or extremely strong.
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Vast; huge.
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Unqualified; absolute; entire; sheer.
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Principal; chief; first in size, rank, importance, etc.
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Important; necessary.
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Very; extremely; as, main heavy.
By Noah Webster.
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Chief; principal; sheer; as, by main strength; nautically, connected with the mainmast.
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The ocean; strength; now used only in the expression with might and main; the essential point; a principal conduit or pipe; as, a water main; in the main; for the most part.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Might: strength.
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Chief, principal: first in importance: leading.
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The chief or principal part: the ocean or main sea: a continent or a larger island as compared with a smaller.
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Mainly, chiefly, principally.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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