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Adjective: plain (plainer,plainest) pleyn- Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
"made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"
- apparent, evident, manifest, patent, unmistakable, unmistakeable - Not elaborate or elaborated; simple
"plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building" - Lacking patterns especially in colour
- unpatterned - Not mixed with extraneous elements
"plain water"
- sheer, unmingled, unmixed - Free from any effort to soften to disguise
"the plain and unvarnished truth"
- unvarnished - Lacking embellishment or ornamentation
"a plain hair style"
- bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented - Lacking in physical beauty or proportion
"a plain girl with a freckled face"
- homely [N. Amer]
Noun: plain pleyn- Extensive tract of level open land
"they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"
- field, champaign - A basic knitting stitch
- knit, knit stitch, plain stitch
Adverb: plain pleyn- Unmistakably ('plain' is often used informally for 'plainly')
"he is plain stubborn"
- obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly
Verb: plain pleyn
Usage: archaic
- Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
- complain, kick, sound off, quetch, kvetch [N. Amer]
Sounds like: plane Derived forms: plains, plaining, plainest, plainer, plained See also: austere, bare, chaste, direct, dry, featureless, homely, inelaborate, literal, mere, obvious, plainness, pure, severe, simple, solid-colored [US], solid-coloured [Brit, Cdn], stark, stern, tailored, trim, unadorned, unattractive, undecorated, unelaborate, unpretentious, unrhetorical, vanilla Type of: dry land, earth, ground, knitting stitch, land, solid ground, terra firma Antonym: fancy, patterned Encyclopedia: Plain, Simple Garak Plain Plain, Wisconsin Plain, WI |