Explicație plain în Dicționarul Englez Englez

plain

(plān )

substantiv
a basic knitting stitch
substantiv
extensive tract of level open land
"they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"
"he longed for the fields of his youth"

verb
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
"My mother complains all day"
"She has a lot to kick about"

adjectiv
lacking embellishment or ornamentation
"a plain hair style"
"unembellished white walls"
"functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"

adjectiv
lacking in physical beauty or proportion
"a homely child"
"several of the buildings were downright homely"
"a plain girl with a freckled face"

adjectiv
free from any effort to soften to disguise
"the plain and unvarnished truth"
"the unvarnished candor of old people and children"

adjectiv
comprehensible to the general public
"written for the popular press in plain nontechnical language"

adjectiv
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
adjectiv
lacking patterns especially in color
adjectiv
not elaborate or elaborated
simple
"plain food"
"stuck to the plain facts"
"a plain blue suit"
"a plain rectangular brick building"

adjectiv
not mixed with extraneous elements
"plain water"
"sheer wine"
"not an unmixed blessing"

adjectiv
lacking stylistic embellishment
"a literal description"
"wrote good but plain prose"
"a plain unadorned account of the coronation"
"a forthright unembellished style"

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 apparent



Antonime:
(adjectiv) fancy
(verb) cheer



Sinonime:
(substantiv) champaign, field, knit
(adverb) obviously, plainly
(adjectiv) apparent, evident, homely, literal, manifest, patent, popular, sheer, unmixed, unvarnished
(verb) complain, kick