Found 3 items, similar to Plainer.
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Definition: plain
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: plain
plain
adj 1: clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses;
“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” [syn:
apparent,
evident,
manifest,
patent]
2: not elaborate or elaborated; simple;
“plain food”;
“stuck to
the plain facts”;
“a plain blue suit”;
“a plain
rectangular brick building” [ant:
fancy]
3: lacking patterns especially in color [syn:
unpatterned]
[ant:
patterned]
4: not mixed with extraneous elements;
“plain water”;
“sheer
wine”;
“not an unmixed blessing” [syn:
sheer,
unmingled,
unmixed]
5: free from any effort to soften to disguise;
“the plain and
unvarnished truth”;
“the unvarnished candor of old people
and children” [syn:
unvarnished]
6: lacking embellishment or ornamentation;
“a plain hair
style”;
“unembellished white walls”;
“functional
architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete” [syn:
unembellished,
unornamented]
7: lacking stylistic embellishment;
“a literal description”;
“wrote good but plain prose”;
“a plain unadorned account
of the coronation”;
“a forthright unembellished style”
[syn:
literal,
unembellished]
8: comprehensible to the general public;
“written for the
popular press in plain nontechnical language” [syn:
popular]
9: lacking in physical beauty or proportion;
“a homely child”;
“several of the buildings were downright homely”;
“a plain
girl with a freckled face” [syn:
homely]
plain
adv : unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for
`plainly');
“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” [syn:
obviously,
evidently,
manifestly,
patently,
apparently,
plainly]
plain
n 1: extensive tract of level open land;
“they emerged from the
woods onto a vast open plain”;
“he longed for the fields
of his youth” [syn:
field,
champaign]
2: a basic knitting stitch [syn:
knit,
knit stitch,
plain stitch
]
plain
v : express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness;
“My mother complains all day”;
“She has a lot to kick
about” [syn:
complain,
kick,
sound off,
quetch,
kvetch]
[ant:
cheer]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Plainer
Plain
\Plain\, a. [Compar.
Plainer; superl.
Plainest.] [F.,
level, flat, fr. L. planus, perhaps akin to E. floor. Cf.
Llano,
Piano,
Plan,
Plane level, a level surface.]
1. Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth;
even. See
Plane.
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The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough
places plain. --Isa. xl. 4.
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2. Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.
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Our troops beat an army in plain fight. --Felton.
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3. Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious;
clear; unmistakable.
“'T is a plain case.” --Shak.
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4.
(a) Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without
conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple.
(b) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show
or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common.
“Plain yet pious Christians.” --Hammond.
“The plain
people.” --A. Lincoln.
(c) Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere;
artless; honest; frank.
“An honest mind, and plain.”
--Shak.
(d) Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain
food.
(e) Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain
woman.
(f) Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin.
(g) Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune.
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Plain battle, open battle; pitched battle. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Plain chant (Mus.) Same as
Plain song, below.
Plain chart (Naut.), a chart laid down on Mercator's
projection.
Plain dealer.
(a) One who practices plain dealing.
(b) A simpleton. [Obs.] --Shak.
Plain dealing. See under
Dealing.
Plain molding (Join.), molding of which the surfaces are
plain figures.
Plain sewing, sewing of seams by simple and common
stitches, in distinct from fancy work, embroidery, etc.;
-- distinguished also from designing and fitting garments.
Plain song.
(a) The Gregorian chant, or
canto fermo; the prescribed
melody of the Roman Catholic service, sung in unison,
in tones of equal length, and rarely extending beyond
the compass of an octave.
(b) A simple melody.
Plain speaking, plainness or bluntness of speech.
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Syn: Level; flat; smooth; open; artless; unaffected;
undisguised; frank; sincere; honest; candid; ingenuous;
unembellished; downright; blunt; clear; simple;
distinct; manifest; obvious; apparent. See
Manifest.
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