PLAIN
\plˈe͡ɪn], \plˈeɪn], \p_l_ˈeɪ_n]\
Definitions of PLAIN
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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unmistakably; "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly' as in"he is plain stubborn")
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express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
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lacking in physical beauty or proportion; "a homely child"; "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain girl with a freckled face"
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a basic knitting stitch
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lacking stylistic embellishment; "a literal description"; "wrote good but plain prose"; "a plain unadorned account of the coronation"; "a forthright unembellished style"
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lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
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free from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children"
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comprehensible to the general public; "written for the popular press in plain nontechnical language"
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express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
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lacking in physical beauty or proportion; "a homely child"; "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain girl with a freckled face"
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a basic knitting stitch
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lacking stylistic embellishment; "a literal description"; "wrote good but plain prose"; "a plain unadorned account of the coronation"; "a forthright unembellished style"
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lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
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free from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children"
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comprehensible to the general public; "written for the popular press in plain nontechnical language"
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not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"
By Princeton University
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To lament; to bewail; to complain.
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To lament; to mourn over; as, to plain a loss.
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Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See Plane.
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Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.
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Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable.
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Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple.
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Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common.
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Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank.
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Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food.
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Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman.
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Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin.
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Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune.
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In a plain manner; plainly.
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Level land; usually, an open field or a broad stretch of land with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities; as, the plain of Jordan; the American plains, or prairies.
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A field of battle.
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To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface.
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To make plain or manifest; to explain.
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To lament; to bewail; to complain.
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To lament; to mourn over; as, to plain a loss.
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Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See Plane.
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Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.
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Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable.
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Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple.
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Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common.
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Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank.
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Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food.
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Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman.
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Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin.
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Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune.
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In a plain manner; plainly.
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Level land; usually, an open field or a broad stretch of land with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities; as, the plain of Jordan; the American plains, or prairies.
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A field of battle.
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To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface.
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To make plain or manifest; to explain.
By Noah Webster.
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Clearly.
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Level; flat; even; smooth; clear; evident; as, in plain sight; easily understood; as, plain talk; unlearned; unpolished; simple in manners; as, a plain man; not luxurious; as, plain living; without ornament; as, plain furniture; without beauty; homely; as, a plain face.
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Level land; any flat expanse.
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Plainly.
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Plainness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Clearly.
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Plainly.
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Plainness.
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Flat; smooth; easy; readily understood.
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Lowly; unlearned; unadorned; unpretending; simple.
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Lacking personal beauty.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Plainly.
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Plainness.
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Even: flat: level: smooth: simple: homely: artless: sincere: evident: mere: not colored or figured.
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Plain level land: any flat expanse: an open field.
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Honestly: distinctly.
By Daniel Lyons
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Smooth; level: open; void of ornament; artless; simple; unaffected; undisguised; sincere; clear; easily seen or discovered; not difficult; not rich.
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Not obscurely; artlessly.
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Level land or open field.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Without ornament or embellishment; homely; artless; frank; sincere; candid; easily understood; not difficult; clear; not luxurious, as in food; smooth, level, or flat.
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Not obscurely; distinctly.
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Level land; a flat expanse-extensive plains in Asia are called steppes, in Africa, deserts, in S. Amer., pampas and llanos, in N. Amer., prairies and savannahs.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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