Word: Plains
How to pronounce: pleɪnz
How to pronounce: pleɪn
Adjective
Definitions:
1. Not decorated or elaborate; simple or basic in character.
Example sentences: "Good plain food"
2. Having no pretensions; not remarkable or special.
Example sentences: "A plain, honest man with no nonsense about him"
3. Easy to perceive or understand; clear.
Example sentences: "The advantages were plain to see"
4. (of a person) not beautiful or attractive.
Example sentences: "A plain, round-faced woman"
5. Sheer; simple (used for emphasis)
Example sentences: "The main problem is just plain exhaustion"
6. Denoting or relating to a type of knitting stitch produced by putting the needle through the front of each stitch from left to right.
Example sentences: "She offered a more varied needlework curriculum of plain work, marking, openwork, and embroidery along with reading and writing."
Adverb
Definitions:
1. Used for emphasis.
2. Clearly or unequivocally.
Noun
Definitions:
1. A large area of flat land with few trees.
Example sentences: "The coastal plain"
Verb
Definitions:
1. Mourn or lament.
Synonyms:
prairie
plain
Synonyms:
apparent
evident
unmistakable
lucid
obvious
perspicuous
luminous
distinct
plains
flat country
field
champaign
simple
regular
direct
homely
unequivocal
unambiguous
unadorned
clear
manifest
obviously
evidently
patently
manifestly
forthright
candid
barefaced
unreserved
nondescript
straight
unalloyed
pure
straightforward
honest
straightforwardly
directly
open
sheer
fine
transparent
sheet
Antonyms:
weird
Derivations:
plainness
plaint
plainly
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Plains in Other Languages...
Spanish: Llanuras
German: Ebene
French: Plaine
Italian: Pianura
Turkish: Düzlük
