Plain
adjectiveAdjective
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”
not mixed with extraneous elements
“plain water”
free from any effort to soften to disguise
“the plain and unvarnished truth”
Similar:Unvarnishedlacking embellishment or ornamentation
“a plain hair style”
lacking in physical beauty or proportion
“a plain girl with a freckled face”
Similar:Homelynot elaborate or elaborated; simple
“plain food”
“stuck to the plain facts”
“a plain blue suit”
See also:UnadornedUndecoratedUnrhetoricallacking patterns especially in color
Similar:Unpatterned
Noun
extensive tract of level open land
“they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain”
Type of:GroundLandEartha basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side
Similar:Knit
Verb
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
“My mother complains all day”
Adverb
unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
“You are plainly wrong”
“he is plain stubborn”
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