main
Meaning of main
verb
- Short for mainline.
- To mainly play a specific character, or side, during a game.
He mains the same character as me in that game.
- Of a road: to convert into a main or primary road.
- Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
- Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.
main timbers main branch of a river main body of an army
- (of force, strength, etc.) Full, sheer, undivided.
- Big; angry.
- Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.
- Great in size or degree; important, powerful, strong, vast.
adverb
Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much.
noun- That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
- A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main.
- Short for main course.
I had scampi and chips for my main and a slice of cheesecake for dessert.
- The high seas.
- The mainland.
- Short for mainsail.
- (except in might and main) Force, power, strength, violent effort.
- A hand or match in a game of dice.
- The largest throw in a match at dice; in the game of hazard, a number from one to nine called out by a person before the dice are thrown.
- A stake played for at dice.
- A sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match.
- A banker's shovel for coins.
noun
A basket for gathering grapes.
Information about main
- The plural form of main is: mains.
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Hyphenation of main
main
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- main is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
main synonyms
Meaning chief:
Meaning independent:
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Translation of main
- French: essentiel, principal
- Spanish: principal, tubería, acueducto, conducto, ducto
- Portuguese: principal, conduto, adutora, aqueduto, duto, canalização, ducto
- Italian: principale, essenziale
Anagrams of main
Amin, amin, Iman, iman, Mani, mani, mian, Mina, mina
Words that rhyme with main
Main, Samain, amain, submain, mocmain, midmain, Tremain, baisemain, demain, legerdemain, remain, Almain, Balmain, Maulmain, almain, Romain, codomain, domain, homeodomain, microdomain, multidomain, nanodomain, ptomain, Charmain, Germain, Jermain, germain, pearmain, watermain, dismain, mortmain, tumain
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