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The definition of plain
15 Definitions of: plain
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- adjective, flat or smooth; level
- adjective, not complicated; clear
- adjective, not difficult; simple or easy
- adjective, honest or straightforward
- adjective, lowly, esp in social rank or education
- adjective, without adornment or show
- adjective, (of fabric) without pattern or of simple untwilled weave
- adjective, not attractive
- adjective, not mixed; simple
- adjective, knitting of or done in plain
- noun, a level or almost level tract of country, esp an extensive treeless region
- noun, a simple stitch in knitting made by putting the right needle into a loop on the left needle, passing the wool round the right needle, and pulling it through the loop, thus forming a new loop
- noun, a) the unmarked white ball, as distinguished from the spot balls b) the player using this ball
- noun, (in Ireland) short for plain porter
- adverb, (intensifier) ▷ See also plains
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- verb, a dialect or poetic word for complain
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| Synonyms: | open, bare, honest, plateau, prairie, grassland, mesa, lowland, steppe, pampas | And more... |
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| Antonyms: | ornate, hidden, roundabout, attractive | And more... |
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