plain

Speech parts

1. plain - Noun

2. plain - Adjective

3. plain - Verb

4. plain - Adverb

6. plain - Adjective Satellite

7. Plain - Proper noun

Meaning

To lament; to bewail; to complain.

To lament; to mourn over; as, to plain a loss.

Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See Plane.

Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.

Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable.

Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple.

Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common.

Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank.

Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food.

Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman.

Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin.

Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune.

In a plain manner; plainly.

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.

A field of battle.

To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface.

To make plain or manifest; to explain.

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Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do. Katharine Hepburn

I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous. Adolescence is painful for everyone, I know, but mine was plain weird. Uma Thurman

Nothing astonishes people so much as common sense and plain dealing. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The sheep on the mountain is higher than the bull on the plain. French Proverb

One who eats plain food is healthy. Japanese Proverb

Speak plain -- call bread bread, and wine wine. Mexican Proverb

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