plain
— Noun
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～ a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side
plain clothes
— Noun
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～ ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc.
plain
— Verb
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～ express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
plain
— Adjective
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～ not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"
plain
— Adjective
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～ lacking patterns especially in color
plain
— Adjective
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～ lacking in physical beauty or proportion; "a homely child"; "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain girl with a freckled face"
plain
— Adjective
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～ free from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children"
plain
— Adjective
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～ clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "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"; "a palpable lie"
plain
— Adjective
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～ lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
plain
— Adjective
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～ not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"
plain
— Adverb
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～ 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"
plainchant
— Noun
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～ (Roman Catholic Church) a liturgical chant consisting of a single, unaccompanied melodic line
plainclothesman
— Noun
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～ a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty
plainly
— Adverb
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～ in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment; "she was dressed plainly"; "they lived very simply"
plainly
— Adverb
– English
～ 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"
plainness
— Noun
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～ clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous
plainness
— Noun
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～ the appearance of being plain and unpretentious
plainness
— Noun
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～ an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful; "fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness"
plainness
— Noun
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～ the state of being unmixed with other material; "the plainness of vanilla ice cream"