plain - Meaning in Sanskrit

plain - Meaning in Sanskrit

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Definitions and Meaning of plain in English

plain adjective

1. lacking embellishment or ornamentation

   Examples

   • "a plain hair style"
   • "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
   • "unembellished white walls"
2. lacking in physical beauty or proportion

   Examples

   • "a homely child"
   • "a plain girl with a freckled face"
   • "several of the buildings were downright homely"
3. free from any effort to soften to disguise

   Examples

   • "the plain and unvarnished truth"
   • "the unvarnished candor of old people and children"
4. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

   Examples

   • "a palpable lie"
   • "evident hostility"
   • "in plain view"
   • "it is plain that he is no reactionary"
   • "made his meaning plain"
   • "manifest disapproval"
   • "patent advantages"
   • "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"
5. lacking patterns especially in color
6. not elaborate or elaborated; simple

   Examples

   • "a plain blue suit"
   • "a plain rectangular brick building"
   • "plain food"
   • "stuck to the plain facts"
7. not mixed with extraneous elements

   Examples

   • "not an unmixed blessing"
   • "plain water"
   • "sheer wine"

plain abverb

1. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

   Examples

   • "he is plain stubborn"
   • "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"
   • "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"
   • "it is all patently nonsense"
   • "she has apparently been living here for some time"
   • "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"
   • "the answer is obviously wrong"
   • "You are plainly wrong"

plain noun

1. a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side
2. extensive tract of level open land

   Examples

   • "he longed for the fields of his youth"
   • "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"

plain verb

1. express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

   Examples

   • "My mother complains all day"
   • "She has a lot to kick about"

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