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"plain water"adjectivenot mixed with extraneous elements
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"My mother complains all day"verbexpress complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
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"made his meaning plain" "it is plain that he is no reactionary" "in plain view"adjectiveclearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
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"the plain and unvarnished truth"adjectivefree from any effort to soften to disguise
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"a plain hair style"adjectivelacking embellishment or ornamentation
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"You are plainly wrong" "he is plain stubborn"adverbunmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
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"they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"nounextensive tract of level open landtype of:
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adjectivelacking patterns especially in color
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"a plain girl with a freckled face"adjectivelacking in physical beauty or proportion
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nouna basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side
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"plain food" "stuck to the plain facts" "a plain blue suit" "a plain rectangular brick building"adjectivenot elaborate or elaborated; simple
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Examples of plain
- "plain water"
- "My mother complains all day"
- "made his meaning plain"
- "it is plain that he is no reactionary"
- "in plain view"
- "the plain and unvarnished truth"
- "a plain hair style"
- "You are plainly wrong"
- "he is plain stubborn"
- "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"
- "a plain girl with a freckled face"
- "plain food"
- "stuck to the plain facts"
- "a plain blue suit"
- "a plain rectangular brick building"