main
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/meɪn/]
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1. main (adj) — sense 1
Definition: Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
Example: The main office is actually one of the smaller rooms.
2. main (adj) — sense 2
Definition: Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.
Example: main timbers
3. main (adj) — sense 3
Definition: Full, sheer, undivided.
Example: […] I shall never forget the diabolical sneer which writhed Rashleigh's wayward features, as I was forced from the apartment by the main strength of two of these youthful Titans.
4. main (adv) — sense 4
Definition: Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much.
Example: Suck[y]. A Draught of Ale, Friend, for I'm main dry. / Pen[elope]. Fie! fie! Niece! Is that Liquor for a young Lady? Don't disparage your Family and Breeding!
5. main (verb) — sense 5
Definition: To mainly play a specific character or side, or with specific equipment, during a game.
Example: He mains the same character as me in that game.
6. main (verb) — sense 6
Definition: To convert (a road) into a main or primary road.
Example: When a rural district council considers that a highway in its district ought to become a main road by reason of its being a medium of communication between great towns, or a thoroughfare to a railway station, or otherwise, it may apply to the county council for an order "maining" the road under s. 15 of the Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 77), as amended by s. 3 (viii.) of the Local Government Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 41), and the county council may make an order accordingly.
Structure of the word
Roots:- megʰ (Proto-Indo-European)
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