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plain
(pl/eI/n )

adjective (a)

  • not elaborate or elaborated; simple(adj.all)
    Example:
    Plain food.
    Stuck to the plain facts.
    A plain blue suit.
    A plain rectangular brick building.
    Antonym:
    fancy
    source: wordnet30
  • lacking patterns especially in color(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    unpatterned
    Antonym:
    patterned
    source: wordnet30
  • Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See Plane.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • extensive tract of level open land(noun.object)
    Example:
    They emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain.
    Synonym:
    champaign, field
    source: wordnet30
  • a basic knitting stitch(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    knit, knit stitch, plain stitch, purl, purl stitch
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

  • unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')(adv.all)
    Example:
    You are plainly wrong.
    He is plain stubborn.
    Synonym:
    apparently, evidently, manifestly, obviously, patently, plainly
    source: wordnet30
  • In a plain manner; plainly.(adverb)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment(adj.all)
    Example:
    Made his meaning plain.
    It is plain that he is no reactionary.
    In plain view.
    Synonym:
    apparent, evident, manifest, patent, unmistakable
    source: wordnet30
  • not mixed with extraneous elements(adj.all)
    Example:
    Plain water.
    Synonym:
    sheer, unmingled, unmixed
    source: wordnet30
  • free from any effort to soften to disguise(adj.all)
    Example:
    The plain and unvarnished truth.
    Synonym:
    unvarnished
    source: wordnet30
  • lacking embellishment or ornamentation(adj.all)
    Example:
    A plain hair style.
    Synonym:
    bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented
    source: wordnet30
  • lacking in physical beauty or proportion(adj.all)
    Example:
    A plain girl with a freckled face.
    Synonym:
    homely
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness(verb.communication)
    Example:
    My mother complains all day.
    Synonym:
    complain, kick, kvetch, quetch, sound off
    Antonym:
    cheer, cheer up, chirk up
    source: wordnet30
  • To lament; to bewail; to complain.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To lament; to mourn over; as, to plain a loss.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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