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plain Definition
(a)
not
elaborate
or
elaborated
;
simple
; "
plain
food
"; "
stuck
to
the
plain
facts
"; "
a
plain
blue
suit
"; "
a
plain
rectangular
brick
building
"
(a)
lacking
patterns
especially
in
color
(n)
extensive
tract
of
level
open
land
; "
they
emerged
from
the
woods
onto
a
vast
open
plain
"; "
he
longed
for
the
fields
of
his
youth
"
(n)
a
basic
knitting
stitch
(r)
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
apparent
(s)
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
reac
(s)
not
mixed
with
extraneous
elements
; "
plain
water
"; "
sheer
wine
"; "
not
an
unmixed
blessing
"
(s)
free
from
any
effort
to
soften
to
disguise
; "
the
plain
and
unvarnished
truth
"; "
the
unvarnished
candor
of
old
people
and
children
"
(s)
lacking
embellishment
or
ornamentation
; "
a
plain
hair
style
"; "
unembellished
white
walls
"; "
functional
architecture
featuring
stark
unornamented
concrete
"
(s)
lacking
stylistic
embellishment
; "
a
literal
description
"; "
wrote
good
but
plain
prose
"; "
a
plain
unadorned
account
of
the
coronation
"; "
a
forthright
unembellished
style
"
(s)
comprehensible
to
the
general
public
; "
written
for
the
popular
press
in
plain
nontechnical
language
"
(s)
lacking
in
physical
beauty
or
proportion
; "
a
homely
child
"; "
several
of
the
buildings
were
downright
homely
"; "
a
plain
girl
with
a
freckled
face
"
(v)
express
complaints
,
discontent
,
displeasure
,
or
unhappiness
; "
My
mother
complains
all
day
"; "
She
has
a
lot
to
kick
about
"
plain Synonyms
apparent
apparently
champaign
complain
evident
evidently
field
homely
kick
knit
knit stitch
kvetch
literal
manifest
manifestly
obviously
patent
patently
plain
plain stitch
plainly
popular
quetch
sheer
sound off
unembellished
unmingled
unmixed
unornamented
unpatterned
unvarnished
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