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How to pronounce plain
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What does plain mean?
adjFlat, level.
“The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain.”
Ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation; unembellished.
“He was dressed simply in plain black clothes.”
Of just one colour; lacking a pattern.
“a plain pink polycotton skirt”
advSimply.
“I plain forgot.”
Plainly; distinctly.
“Tell me plain: do you love me or no?”
nounAn expanse of land with relatively low relief and few trees, especially a grassy expanse.
“Him the Ammonite / Worshipped in Rabba and her watery plain.”
A broad, flat expanse in general, as of water.
Synonym of field in reference to a battlefield.
“Lead forth my soldiers to the plain.”
verbTo level; to raze; to make plain or even on the surface.
“We would rake Europe rather, plain the East;”
To make plain or manifest; to explain.
“What’s dumb in show, I’ll plain with speech.”
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