The definition of the word plain

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In geography, a plain, commonly known as flatland, is a flat expanse of land that generally does not change much in elevation, and is primarily treeless. Plains occur as lowlands along valleys or at the base of mountains, as coastal plains, and as plateaus or uplands. Plains are one of the major landforms on earth, being present on all continents and covering more than one-third of the world’s land area. Plains in many areas are important for agriculture. There are various types of plains and biomes on them.

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A plain or flatland is a flat expanse of land with a layer of grass that generally does not change much in elevation, and is primarily treeless. Plains occur as lowlands along valleys or at the base of mountains, as coastal plains, and as plateaus or uplands.[1] Plains are one of the major landforms on earth, where they are present on all continents, and cover more than one-third of the world’s land area.[2]

In a valley, a plain is enclosed on two sides, but in other cases a plain may be delineated by a complete or partial ring of hills, by mountains, or by cliffs. Where a geological region contains more than one plain, they may be connected by a pass (sometimes termed a gap). Coastal plains mostly rise from sea level until they run into elevated features such as mountains or plateaus.[3] Plains can be formed from flowing lava; from deposition of sediment by water, ice, or wind; or formed by erosion by the agents from hills or mountains.

Biomes on plains include grassland (temperate or subtropical), steppe (semi-arid), savannah (tropical) or tundra (polar). In a few instances, deserts and rainforests may also be considered plains.[4]

Plains in many areas are important for agriculture because where the soils were deposited as sediments they may be deep and fertile, and the flatness facilitates mechanization of crop production; or because they support grasslands which provide good grazing for livestock.[5]

Types of plain[edit]

Depositional plains[edit]

The types of depositional plains include:

  • Abyssal plains, flat or very gently sloping areas of the deep ocean basin.[6][7]
  • Planitia , the Latin word for plain, is used in the naming of plains on extraterrestrial objects (planets and moons), such as Hellas Planitia on Mars or Sedna Planitia on Venus.
  • Alluvial plains, which are formed by rivers and which may be one of these overlapping types:
    • Alluvial plains, formed over a long period of time by a river depositing sediment on their flood plains or beds, which become alluvial soil. The difference between a flood plain and an alluvial plain is: a flood plain represents areas experiencing flooding fairly regularly in the present or recently, whereas an alluvial plain includes areas where a flood plain is now and used to be, or areas which only experience flooding a few times a century.[8]

    • Flood plain, adjacent to a lake, river, stream, or wetland that experiences occasional or periodic flooding.
    • Scroll plain, a plain through which a river meanders with a very low gradient.
  • Glacial plains, formed by the movement of glaciers under the force of gravity:
    • Outwash plain (also known as sandur; plural sandar), a glacial out-wash plain formed of sediments deposited by melt-water at the terminus of a glacier. Sandar consist mainly of stratified (layered and sorted) gravel and sand.[9][10]
    • Till plains, plain of glacial till that form when a sheet of ice becomes detached from the main body of a glacier and melts in place depositing the sediments it carries. Till plains are composed of unsorted material (till) of all sizes.
  • Lacustrine plains, plains that originally formed in a lacustrine environment, that is, as the bed of a lake.[11]
  • Lava plains, formed by sheets of flowing lava.[12]

Erosional plains[edit]

Erosional plains have been leveled by various agents of denudation such as running water, rivers, wind and glacier which wear out the rugged surface and smoothens them. Plain resulting from the action of these agents of denudation are called peneplains (almost plain) while plains formed from wind action are called pediplains.[13]

Structural plains[edit]

Structural plains are relatively undisturbed horizontal surfaces of the Earth. They are structurally depressed areas of the world that make up some of the most extensive natural lowlands on the Earth’s surface.[14]

The Kakanui Range dominates the eastern horizon of the Maniototo Plain

Notable examples[edit]

Terrain near the central German town of Fulda.

View of Messara from the hill of Phaestus, Greece.

Looking southeast across the Taieri Plain, Otago, New Zealand.

America[edit]

Caribbean and South America[edit]

  • Altiplano (Bolivia, Chile)
  • Altiplano Cundiboyacense (Colombia)
  • Caroni Plain (Trinidad and Tobago)
  • Chilean Central Valley
    • Cancha Rayada [es]
    • Los Llanos
  • Gran Chaco (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay)
  • Llanos (Colombia and Venezuela)
  • Pampas (Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil)
  • Coastal plains of Chile

North America[edit]

  • Atlantic coastal plain (United States)
  • Carrizo Plain (California, United States)
  • Great Plains (Canada and United States)
  • Gulf Coastal Plain (Mexico and United States)
  • Interior Plains (Canada and United States)
  • Lake Superior Lowland (Wisconsin, United States)
  • Laramie Plains (Wyoming)
  • Mississippi Alluvial Plain (Mississippi)
  • Oxnard Plain (Ventura County, California)
  • Snake River Plain (Idaho)

Asia[edit]

Eastern Asia[edit]

  • Chianan Plain (Taiwan)
  • Depsang Plains (China and India)
  • Honam Plain (South Korea)
  • Kantō Plain (Japan)
  • Kedu Plain (Indonesia)
  • Kewu Plain (Indonesia)
  • Mallig Plains (Philippines)
  • Nōbi Plain (Japan)
  • North China Plain (China)
  • Osaka Plain (Japan)
  • Pingtung Plain (Taiwan)
  • Sarobetsu plain (Japan)
  • Yilan Plain (Taiwan)

North Asia[edit]

  • West Siberian Plain (Russia)

South Asia[edit]

  • Bhuikhel (Nepal)
  • Depsang Plains (India and China)
  • Dooars (India and Bhutan)
  • Eastern coastal plains (India)
  • Indo-Gangetic Plains (Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan)
  • More plains (India)
  • North Bengal plains (Bangladesh and India)
  • Punjab Plains (Pakistan and India)
  • Terai (India and Nepal)
  • Utkal Plains (India)
  • Western coastal plains (India)

Western Asia[edit]

  • Al-Ghab Plain (Syria)
  • Aleppo plateau (Syria)
  • Ararat Plain (Armenia and Turkey)
  • Israeli coastal plain (Israel)
  • Khuzestan Plain (Iran)
  • Mugan plain (Azerbaijan and Iran)
  • Nineveh Plains (Iraqi Kurdistan)
  • Shiraki Plain (Georgia)

Europe[edit]

Central Europe[edit]

  • Limagne (France)
  • North German Plain
  • Ochsenfeld (France)
  • Pannonian Basin (Central Europe)
  • Parndorf Plain (Austria)
  • Westphalian Lowland (Germany)

Eastern Europe[edit]

  • Bărăgan Plain (Romania)
  • Danubian Plain (Bulgaria)
  • Dnieper Lowland (Ukraine)
  • East European Plain
  • European Plain
  • Great Hungarian Plain
  • Kosovo field (Kosovo)
  • Little Hungarian Plain (Austria, Hungary, and Slovakia)
  • Pannonian Steppe (Hungary)
  • Polesian Lowland (Ukraine and Belarus)
  • Upper Thracian Plain (Bulgaria)
  • Wallachian Plain (Romania)

Northern Europe[edit]

  • Cheshire Plain (England)
  • Hardangervidda (Norway)
  • Kaffiøyra (Svalbard, Norway)
  • Muddus plains (Sweden)
  • North European Plain
  • North Northumberland Coastal Plain (Northern England)
  • North Somerset Levels (North Somerset, England)
  • Salisbury Plain (England)
  • Solway Plain (Cumbria, England)
  • Somerset Levels (Somerset, England)
  • South Coast Plain (Hampshire and Sussex, England)
  • South Småland peneplain (Sweden)
  • Stora Alvaret (Öland, Sweden)
  • Strandflat (Norway)
  • Sub-Cambrian peneplain (Nordic countries)
    • Central Swedish lowland
    • Ostrobothnian Plain (Finland)
  • The Fylde (Lancashire, England)

Southern Europe[edit]

  • Agro Nocerino Sarnese (Italy)
  • Campidano (Italy)
  • Lelantine Plain (Greece)
  • Mesaoria (Cyprus)
  • Messara Plain (Greece)
  • Nurra (Sardinia, Italy)
  • Po Valley (Italy)
  • Rieti Valley (Central Italy)
  • Tavoliere delle Puglie (Southern Italy)

Oceania[edit]

Australia[edit]

  • Bogong High Plains (Victorian Alps, Australia)
  • Cumberland Plain (Sydney, Australia)
  • Esperance Plains (Western Australia)
  • Molonglo Plain (Australian Capital Territory)
  • Mulga Lands (eastern Australia)
  • Nullarbor Plain (Southern Australia)
  • Ord Victoria Plain (Northern Australia)
  • Swan Coastal Plain (Perth, Australia)

New Zealand[edit]

  • Awarua Plains (Southland)
  • Canterbury Plains (Canterbury)
  • Hauraki Plains (Waikato)
  • Maniototo (Otago)
  • Taieri (Otago)

See also[edit]

  • Field – Area of land used for agricultural purposes
  • Flooded grasslands and savannas – Terrestrial biome consisting of flooded grasslands and savannas
  • Flood-meadow – class of meadow
  • Machair – Fertile low-lying grassy plain
  • Meadow – Open habitat vegetated primarily by non-woody plants
  • Pasture – Land used for grazing
  • Prairie – Ecosystems considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome
  • Rangeland – Biomes which can be grazed by animals or livestock (grasslands, woodlands, prairies, etc)
  • Water-meadow – Artificially irrigated meadow
  • Wet meadow – type of wetland

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rood, Stewart B.; Pan, Jason; Gill, Karen M.; Franks, Carmen G.; Samuelson, Glenda M.; Shepherd, Anita (2008-02-01). «Declining summer flows of Rocky Mountain rivers: Changing seasonal hydrology and probable impacts on floodplain forests». Journal of Hydrology. 349 (3–4): 397–410. Bibcode:2008JHyd..349..397R. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.11.012.
  2. ^ Geoff C. Brown; C. J. Hawkesworth; R. C. L. Wilson (1992). Understanding the Earth (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-521-42740-1. Archived from the original on 2016-06-03.
  3. ^ Whittow, John (1984). Dictionary of Physical Geography. London: Penguin. p. 467. ISBN 978-0-14-051094-2.
  4. ^ Gornitz, Vivien, ed. (2009). Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology And Ancient Environments. Dordrecht: Springer. p. 665. ISBN 9781402045516.
  5. ^ Powell, W. Gabe. 2009. Identifying Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) Using National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) Data as a Hydrologic Model Input for Local Flood Plain Management. Applied Research Project, Texas State University.
  6. ^ Goudie, A. S., ed. (2004). «Denudation chronology». Encyclopedia of Geomorphology. pp. 244–248.
  7. ^ Vinogradova, N.G. (1997). «Zoogeography of the Abyssal and Hadal Zones». The Biogeography of the Oceans. Advances in Marine Biology. Vol. 32. pp. 325–387. doi:10.1016/S0065-2881(08)60019-X. ISBN 9780120261321.
  8. ^ «Glossary of Landform and Geologic Terms» (PDF). National Soil Survey Handbook—Part 629. National Cooperative Soil Survey. April 2013. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  9. ^ Magilligan F.J., Gomez B., Mertes L.A.K., Smith, L.C. Smith N.D., Finnegan D., Garvin J.B., Geomorphic effectiveness, sandur development, and the pattern of landscape response during jökulhlaups: Skeiðarársandur, southeastern Iceland, Geomorphology 44 (2002) 95–113
  10. ^ Smith L.C., Sheng Y., Magilligan F.J., Smith N.D., Gomez B., Mertes L., Krabill W.B., Garven J.B., Geomorphic impact and rapid subsequent recovery from the 1996 Skeiðarársandur jökulhlaup, Iceland, measured with multi-year airborne lidar. Geomorphology vol. 75 Is. 1–2 (2006) 65–75
  11. ^ United States. Department of Conservation. Division of Geology. Glacial Sluceways and Lacustrine Plains of Southern Indiana. By William D. Thornburry. Bloomington: n.p., 1950. Web. <«Archived copy» (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-12-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)>.
  12. ^ «Lava Plateaus». Archived from the original on 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
  13. ^ Migoń, Piotr (2004). «Planation surface». In Goudie, A.S. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Geomorphology. pp. 788–792.
  14. ^ «Pediplain». Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLAIN

From Old French: simple, from Latin plānus level, distinct, clear.

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PRONUNCIATION OF PLAIN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLAIN

Plain can act as a noun, an adjective and an adverb.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES PLAIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Plain

In geography, a plain is a flat region. Plains occur as lowlands and at the bottoms of valleys but also on plateaus or uplands at high elevations. In a valley, a plain is enclosed on two sides but in other cases a plain may be delineated by a complete or partial ring of hills, by mountains or cliffs. Where a geological region contains more than one plain, they may be connected by a pass. Plains may have been formed from flowing lava, deposited by water, ice cold wind, or formed by erosion by these agents from hills and mountains. Plains in many areas are important for agriculture because where the soils were deposited as sediments they may be deep and fertile, and the flatness facilitates mechanization of crop production; or because they support grasslands which provide good grazing for livestock.


Definition of plain in the English dictionary

The first definition of plain in the dictionary is flat or smooth; level. Other definition of plain is not complicated; clear. Plain is also not difficult; simple or easy.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLAIN

Synonyms and antonyms of plain in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS OF «PLAIN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «plain» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «plain» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLAIN

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简单的

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sencillo

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plain

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सादे

380 millions of speakers

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بَسِيط

280 millions of speakers

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плоский

278 millions of speakers

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plano

270 millions of speakers

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সমভূমি

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simple

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kosong

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schlicht

180 millions of speakers

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平坦な

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साधा

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sade

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semplice

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gładki

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простий

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uni

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απέριττος

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plain

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enkel

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10 QUOTES WITH «PLAIN»

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How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.

Frankly, it’s depressing, each night sleeping in someone else’s home. I miss having a roof to my name. Our situation isn’t an ‘All in the Family’ cliche, but it’s still easy to see reality in plain terms: I live with my in-laws, and I can’t say when that will change.

This is my breakfast: Two poached eggs, turkey bacon, and a half avocado. The yolks in a poached egg are alkalizing. Avocados are a great source of fat and vitamin E; great for your skin. It’s super light and not too heavy. Sometimes I like a little sweet as well, so I have a cup of plain yogurt with blueberries.

I myself am not particularly interested in restaurant cooking. I don’t really want to learn how to make a napoleon. I’d much rather learn how to make a very good lemon cake, which you can make in your own home. I like plain, old-fashioned home food.

I am not a fancy cook or an ambitious cook. I am a plain old cook.

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I think becoming an actor because it’s a ridiculously insecure profession to go into. I feel very comfortable but very lucky. I think any time that you imagine that it’s plain sailing for hereon in, then you’re kidding yourself.

The mortal enemies of Social Security and Medicare are those who, in contempt of the plain arithmetic, continue to mislead Americans that we should change nothing.

Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLAIN»

Discover the use of plain in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plain and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

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The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy

Americas most popular cookbook in 1776. Reprinted from the first American edition of 1805. Includes a new introduction by food historian Karen Hess.

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«Did Mama sing every day?

Patricia MacLachlan, 1987

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Plain Language for Lawyers

Michele M Asprey has comprehensively revised and updated Plain Language for Lawyers for this 3rd edition. The book now covers the significant developments in plain language and the law since 1996.

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Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

Find out how Ki-pat the herd boy ended a dreadful drought. An enjoyable and vividly illustrated rhyming story.

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Written for the practitioner by a practitioner, this plain-language guide to the lean production system delivers a comprehensive insider’s view of lean manufacturing.

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Grammar in Plain English

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Harriet Diamond, Phyllis Dutwin, 1997

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Tom Smart, Lee Benson, 2006

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Legal Writing in Plain English: A Text with Exercises

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Paradise Lost in Plain and Simple English (A Modern …

John Milton put a twist on the story of Adam and Eve—in the process he created what some have called one of the greatest literary works in the English Language.

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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLAIN»

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Hiding in plain sight: Undergraduates discover the densest galaxies …

However, they were overlooked for decades because no one imagined such objects existed: they were hiding in plain sight», said Richard Vo. «Phys.Org, Jul 15»

Hiding in plain sight – a new species discovered in South East …

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Plain Talk: Who needs time off anyway?

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Alcohol, junk food next plain packaging targets, lawyer warns

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Two killed in Mitchells Plain shooting

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1) ясный, явный, очевидный; to make it plain выявить, разъяснить; the plain truth (или fact) is that… дело просто в том, что…, совершенно очевидно, что…

2) простой; понятный; plain writing разборчивый почерк

3) незамысловатый, обыкновенный; plain water обыкновенная вода; plain card нефигурная игральная карта; plain clothes штатское платье; plain work простое шитье (в отличие от вышивания)

4) одноцветный, без узора (о материи)

5) гладкий, ровный (о местности)

6) простой, скромный (о пище и т. п.)

7) прямой, откровенный; plain dealing прямота, честность; to be plain with smb. говорить кому-л. неприятную правду

8) простой, незнатный; plain folk простонародье

9) некрасивый

plain sailing

а)

naut.

плавание по локсодромии;

б) легкий, простой путь; it will be all plain sailing

=

все пойдет как по маслу

Syn:

apparent, conspicuous, evident, manifest, obvious

see ugly

Ant:

concealed, hidden, imperceptible, implicit, inconspicuous, secret

1) равнина

3) плоскость

Syn:

bush, desert, outback, pampas, prairie, range, savannah, steppe, tundra, veldt

Ant:

mountain

1) ясно, разборчиво, отчетливо

2) откровенно

II

verb poet.

сетовать, жаловаться, плакаться; хныкать

* * *

(a) невыразительный; некрасивый; обыкновенный; обычный

* * *

1) ясный, простой 2) равнина

* * *

[pleɪn]
равнина, прямая петля
ясный, явный, очевидный; простой, понятный; незашифрованный, незамысловатый, незатейливый; обыкновенный, скромный; чистый, гладкий, одноцветный, без узора; прямой, откровенный; невзрачный, некрасивый; ровный
ясно, разборчиво, отчетливо, откровенно

* * *

безыскусен

безыскусный

вразумительный

гладкий

жаловаться

незамысловатый

незатейлив

незатейливый

незнатный

некрасив

некрасивый

обыкновенный

обычен

обычный

одноцветный

откровенен

откровенный

отчетливо

очевиден

очевидный

плакаться

понят

понятен

понятный

понятый

прост

простой

прям

прямой

равнина

равный

разборчиво

разъяснить

ровен

ровный

скромный

хныкать

честность

явный

ясен

ясно

ясный

* * *

I
1. прил.
1) устар. плоский
2) чистый
3) а) очевидный
б) простой
в) прямой, резкий, без обиняков
4) а) незамысловатый
б) простой
2. сущ.
1) а) равнина
б) амер. степь
2) поэт. поле брани
3) а) геом., устар. плоскость
б) горизонтальная поверхность биллиардного стола
3. нареч.
1) разборчиво
2) явно
3) совершенно, безусловно
II
гл.; поэт., устар.
сетовать

Новый англо-русский словарь.
2013.

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  • plain — plain, aine 1. (plin, plè n ) adj. 1°   Qui est sans inégalités, uni. •   Si le pays est bossu ou plain, couvert de bois ou découvert, VAUBAN. Dîme, p. 223. •   Des cascades dans des lieux plains et sablonneux, J. J. ROUSS. Hél. IV, 11.… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d’Émile Littré

  • Plain — Plain, a. [Compar. {Plainer}; superl. {Plainest}.] [F., level, flat, fr. L. planus, perhaps akin to E. floor. Cf. {Llano}, {Piano}, {Plan}, {Plane} level, a level surface.] 1. Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • plain — PLAIN, [pl]aine. adj. Il signifie proprement, Qui est uni, plat, & sans inegalitez: & il reçoit divers sens selon les divers substantifs, ausquels il se joint. Ainsi on dit, qu Une maison est en plain champ, en plaine campagne, pour dire, qu Elle …   Dictionnaire de l’Académie française

  • plain — plain1 [plān] adj. [OFr < L planus, flat, level < IE base * plā , broad, flat > FLOOR, FIELD] 1. Obs. flat; level; plane 2. free from obstructions; open; clear [in plain view] 3. clearly understood; evident; obvious [to make one s meani …   English World dictionary

  • plain — adj 1 plane, flat, *level, even, smooth, flush Antonyms: solid 2 clear, distinct, obvious, *evident, manifest, patent, apparent, palpable Analogous words: *clear, lucid, perspicuous: *explicit, express, definite, specific, categorical Antonyms:… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • plain — [adj1] clear, obvious apparent, audible, big as life*, broad, comprehensible, definite, distinct, evident, legible, lucid, manifest, open, open and shut*, palpable, patent, talking turkey*, transparent, understandable, visible; concepts… …   New thesaurus

  • Plain — Plain, n. [Cf. OF. plaigne, F. plaine. See {Plain}, a.] 1. 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Plain — Plain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plaining}.] [Cf. {Plane}, v.] 1. To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface. [R.] [1913 Webster] We would rake Europe rather, plain the East. Wither. [1913 Webster] 2. To make… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Plain — ist der Name folgender Personen: Honest John Plain Maria Plain sowie des Adelsgeschlechts: Grafen von Plain Plain ist ein Ortsname: Plain (Wisconsin) Diese Seite ist eine …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Plain — Plain, adv. In a plain manner; plainly. To speak short and pleyn. Chaucer. To tell you plain. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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adjective, plain·er, plain·est.

clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river;to stand in plain view.

clear to the mind; evident, manifest, or obvious: to make one’s meaning plain.

conveying the meaning clearly and simply; easily understood: plain talk.

free from ambiguity or evasion; candid; outspoken: the plain truth of the matter.

without special pretensions, superiority, elegance, etc.; ordinary: plain people.

not beautiful; physically unattractive or undistinguished: a plain face.

without intricacies or difficulties.

ordinary, simple, or unostentatious: Although she was a duchess, her manners were attractively plain.

with little or no embellishment, decoration, or enhancing elaboration: a plain blue suit.

without a pattern, figure, or device: a plain fabric.

not rich, highly seasoned, or elaborately prepared, as food: a plain diet.

flat or level: plain country.

unobstructed, clear, or open, as ground, a space, etc.

Cards. being other than a face card or a trump.

adverb

clearly and simply: He’s just plain stupid.

noun

an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.

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    Origin of plain

    1

    First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English adjective, adverb, and noun plain(e), plein(e), from Old French adjective and noun plain(e), pleine, from Latin plānus “flat, level,” plānum “flat country”

    synonym study for plain

    OTHER WORDS FROM plain

    plain·ly, adverbplain·ness, noun

    WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH plain

    plain , plan, plane

    Words nearby plain

    plaguy, plaice, plaid, Plaid Cymru, plaided, plain, plain as day, plain bearing, plainchant, plain chocolate, plain clothes

    Other definitions for plain (2 of 2)

    verb (used without object) British Dialect.

    Origin of plain

    2

    First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English plei(g)nen, plene(n), from Anglo-French plainer, pleiner, Old French plaign-, stem of plaindre, pleindre, from Latin plangere “to strike, beat (the breast, etc.), lament”

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    Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

    Words related to plain

    transparent, honest, conventional, dull, ordinary, simple, traditional, austere, pure, stark, unvarnished, expanse, field, grassland, meadow, plateau, prairie, steppe, audible, broad

    How to use plain in a sentence

    • These microbes had been living beneath a vast, flat, sediment-covered plain.

    • If I’m rolling into a Starbucks, in plain sight of lots of foot traffic, and the rack’s right out front, my odds are decent this is enough deterrent to ward off the baddies.

    • One of the main challenges in curing cancer is that unlike foreign invaders, tumor cells are part of the body and so able to hide in plain sight.

    • In the US, for instance, the Food and Drug Administration approved chloroquine for treating covid-19, only to reverse itself weeks later after it became plain the drug didn’t work.

    • Researchers, led by microbiologist Yuki Morono of the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology in Kochi, examined sediments collected in 2010 from part of the abyssal plain beneath the South Pacific Gyre.

    • Yet, much like the fate that fell the first season, ratings just plain weren’t good.

    • Thanks to the Atlanta case, they can now see another in plain sight.

    • Because holy hell was that bland, unfunny, uncomfortable, and just plain confusing.

    • It is already well known that there are oilrigs disguised in plain sight all over the city.

    • A report by the Cleveland Plain Dealer describes balloons being released into the night sky.

    • But what a magnificent plain is this we are entering upon: it is of immense extent.

    • A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.

    • There are many more good dwellings on this plain than in the rural portion of Lower Italy.

    • The word of the law shall be fulfilled without a lie, and wisdom shall be made plain in the mouth of the faithful.

    • Here there is no question of emergency, or enemy pressure, or of haste; so much we see plain enough with our own eyes.

    British Dictionary definitions for plain (1 of 2)

    adjective

    flat or smooth; level

    not complicated; clearthe plain truth

    not difficult; simple or easya plain task

    honest or straightforward

    lowly, esp in social rank or education

    without adornment or showa plain coat

    (of fabric) without pattern or of simple untwilled weave

    not attractive

    not mixed; simpleplain vodka

    knitting of or done in plain

    noun

    a level or almost level tract of country, esp an extensive treeless region

    a simple stitch in knitting made by putting the right needle into a loop on the left needle, passing the wool round the right needle, and pulling it through the loop, thus forming a new loop

    (in billiards)

    1. the unmarked white ball, as distinguished from the spot balls
    2. the player using this ball

    (in Ireland) short for plain porter, a light portertwo pints of plain, please

    adverb

    (intensifier)just plain tired

    Derived forms of plain

    plainly, adverbplainness, noun

    Word Origin for plain

    C13: from Old French: simple, from Latin plānus level, distinct, clear

    British Dictionary definitions for plain (2 of 2)

    Word Origin for plain

    C14 pleignen, from Old French plaindre to lament, from Latin plangere to beat

    Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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    Scientific definitions for plain

    An extensive, relatively level area of land. Plains are present on all continents except Antarctica and are most often located in the interior regions. Because they can occur at almost any altitude or latitude, plains can be humid and forested, semiarid and grass-covered, or arid.

    A broad, level expanse, such as an area of the sea floor or a lunar mare.

    The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
    Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

    Other Idioms and Phrases with plain

    In addition to the idioms beginning with plain

    • plain as day
    • plain sailing

    also see:

    • in plain English

    The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
    Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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