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adjective(plain)
not mixed with extraneous elements
Synonyms: sheer, unmingled, unmixed,
Examples:
Plain water.
plain
verb(plain)
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
Synonyms: complain, kick, kvetch, quetch, sound off,
Examples:
My mother complains all day.
plain
adjective(plain)
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
Synonyms: apparent, evident, manifest, palpable, patent, unmistakable,
Examples:
Made his meaning plain.
It is plain that he is no reactionary.
In plain view.
plain
adjective(plain)
free from any effort to soften to disguise
Synonyms: unvarnished,
Examples:
The plain and unvarnished truth.
plain
adjective(plain)
lacking embellishment or ornamentation
Synonyms: bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented,
Examples:
A plain hair style.
plain
adverb(plain)
unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
Synonyms: apparently, evidently, manifestly, obviously, patently, plainly,
Examples:
You are plainly wrong.
He is plain stubborn.
plain
noun(plain)
extensive tract of level open land
Synonyms: champaign, field,
Examples:
They emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain.
plain
adjective(plain)
lacking patterns especially in color
Synonyms: unpatterned,
Antonyms: patterned,
plain
adjective(plain)
lacking in physical beauty or proportion
Synonyms: homely,
Examples:
A plain girl with a freckled face.
plain
noun(plain)
a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side
Synonyms: knit, knit stitch, plain stitch,
plain
adjective(plain)
not elaborate or elaborated; simple
Antonyms: fancy,
Examples:
Plain food.
Stuck to the plain facts.
A plain blue suit.
A plain rectangular brick building.

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