1. gain - Noun
2. gain - Adjective
3. gain - Verb
4. gain - Adverb
5. gain - Preposition
6. Gain - Proper noun
A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable.
That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase, profit, advantage, or benefit; -- opposed to loss.
The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation.
To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; as, to gain a good living.
To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize.
To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor.
To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage.
To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThere are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain. Plato
The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. Epictetus
Our life and our death is with our neighbor. If we gain our brother, we have gained God, but if we scandalize our brother, we have sinned against Christ. Anthony the Great
A smile will gain you ten more years of life. Chinese Proverb
Continually give, continually gain. Chinese Proverb
Gain from your opponents without sacrificing your own strength. Japanese Proverb