English to English
adjective
- not elaborate or elaborated; simple
Plain food.
Stuck to the plain facts.
A plain blue suit.
A plain rectangular brick building.
source: WordNet 3.0
- lacking patterns especially in color
source: WordNet 3.0
- Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See Plane.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- extensive tract of level open land
They emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain.
He longed for the fields of his youth.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a basic knitting stitch
source: WordNet 3.0
- Level land; usually, an open field or a broad stretch of land with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities; as, the plain of Jordan; the American plains, or prairies.
source: Webster 1913
adverb
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- In a plain manner; plainly.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- not mixed with extraneous elements
Plain water.
Sheer wine.
Not an unmixed blessing.
source: WordNet 3.0
- free from any effort to soften to disguise
The plain and unvarnished truth.
The unvarnished candor of old people and children.
source: WordNet 3.0
- lacking embellishment or ornamentation
A plain hair style.
Unembellished white walls.
Functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete.
source: WordNet 3.0
- lacking in physical beauty or proportion
A homely child.
Several of the buildings were downright homely.
A plain girl with a freckled face.
source: WordNet 3.0
verb
- express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
My mother complains all day.
She has a lot to kick about.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To lament; to bewail; to complain.
source: Webster 1913
- To lament; to mourn over; as, to plain a loss.
source: Webster 1913
- To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
adj
- [pleín] Pantay; patag; maliwanag; malinaw
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
noun
- [pleín] Kapatagan; dakong pantay; dakong patag
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
