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English to English adjective
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not elaborate or elaborated; simple |  | Example: plain food
stuck to the plain facts
a plain blue suit
a plain rectangular brick building
source: wordnet30
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lacking patterns especially in color | | source: wordnet30
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Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See Plane. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | | Example: the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields
evident hostility
manifest disapproval
patent advantages
made his meaning plain
it is plain that he is no reactionary
in plain view
source: wordnet30
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not mixed with extraneous elements | | Example: plain water
sheer wine
not an unmixed blessing
source: wordnet30
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free from any effort to soften to disguise | | Example: the plain and unvarnished truth
the unvarnished candor of old people and children
source: wordnet30
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lacking embellishment or ornamentation | | Example: a plain hair style
unembellished white walls
functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete
source: wordnet30
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lacking in physical beauty or proportion | | Example: a homely child
several of the buildings were downright homely
a plain girl with a freckled face
source: wordnet30 adverb
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unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') | | Example: the answer is obviously wrong
she was in bed and evidently in great pain
he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list
it is all patently nonsense
she has apparently been living here for some time
I thought he owned the property, but apparently not
You are plainly wrong
he is plain stubborn
source: wordnet30
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In a plain manner; plainly. | | source: webster1913 noun
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extensive tract of level open land | | Example: they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain
he longed for the fields of his youth
source: wordnet30
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a basic knitting stitch | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
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express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | | Example: My mother complains all day
She has a lot to kick about
source: wordnet30
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To lament; to bewail; to complain. | | source: webster1913
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To lament; to mourn over; as, to plain a loss. | | source: webster1913
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To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface. | | source: webster1913
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