English dictionary
plain
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- lacking embellishment or ornamentation
adjective
- lacking in physical beauty or proportion
adjective
- free from any effort to soften to disguise
adjective
- clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
adjective
- lacking patterns especially in color
adjective
- not elaborate or elaborated; simple
adjective
- not mixed with extraneous elements
adverb
- unmistakably (‘plain’ is often used informally for ‘plainly’)
noun
- a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side
noun
- extensive tract of level open land
verb
- express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
Example sentences
a plain hair style
unembellished white walls
functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete
a homely child
several of the buildings were downright homely
a plain girl with a freckled face
the plain and unvarnished truth
the unvarnished candor of old people and children
the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields
evident hostility
manifest disapproval
patent advantages
made his meaning plain
plain food
stuck to the plain facts
a plain blue suit
a plain rectangular brick building
plain water
sheer wine
not an unmixed blessing
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
they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain
he longed for the fields of his youth
My mother complains all day
She has a lot to kick about