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| n. (object) | 1. champaign, field, plain | extensive tract of level open land.; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth" |
| ~ olympia | a plain in Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese; the chief sanctuary of Zeus and the site of the original Olympian Games. |
| ~ nullarbor plain | a vast arid plain of southern Australia stretching inland from the Great Australian Bight; has sparse vegetation and no surface water and is almost uninhabited; the site of a major rocket research center. |
| ~ serengeti, serengeti plain | a vast plain in Tanzania to the west of the Great Rift Valley known for its wildlife. |
| ~ flat | a level tract of land.; "the salt flats of Utah" |
| ~ flood plain, floodplain | a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding. |
| ~ dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land | the solid part of the earth's surface.; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" |
| ~ llano | an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America). |
| ~ moorland, moor | open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss. |
| ~ peneplain, peneplane | a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements. |
| ~ snowfield | a permanent wide expanse of snow. |
| ~ steppe | extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia). |
| ~ tundra | a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. knit, knit stitch, plain, plain stitch | a basic knitting stitch. |
| ~ knitting stitch | a stitch taken in knitting. |
| v. (communication) | 3. complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off | express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness.; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about" |
| ~ hen-peck, nag, peck | bother persistently with trivial complaints.; "She nags her husband all day long" |
| ~ backbite, bitch | say mean things. |
| ~ grizzle, yammer, yawp, whine | complain whiningly. |
| ~ gnarl, grumble, murmur, mutter, croak | make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath.; "she grumbles when she feels overworked" |
| ~ grouch, grumble, scold | show one's unhappiness or critical attitude.; "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong"; "We grumbled about the increased work load" |
| ~ protest | utter words of protest. |
| ~ repine | express discontent. |
| ~ beef, bellyache, bitch, gripe, grouse, squawk, holler, crab | complain.; "What was he hollering about?" |
| ~ inveigh, rail | complain bitterly. |
| ~ bemoan, bewail, deplore, lament | regret strongly.; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits" |
| ~ report | complain about; make a charge against.; "I reported her to the supervisor" |
| ~ bleat | talk whiningly. |
| adj. | 4. apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable | 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" |
| ~ obvious | easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind.; "obvious errors" |
| adj. | 5. plain | not elaborate or elaborated; simple.; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building" |
| ~ unadorned, undecorated | not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction. |
| ~ austere, stark, severe, stern | severely simple.; "a stark interior" |
| ~ mere, simple, bare | apart from anything else; without additions or modifications.; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth" |
| ~ chaste | pure and simple in design or style.; "a chaste border of conventionalized flowers" |
| ~ dry | (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish.; "dry toast"; "dry meat" |
| ~ dry | having no adornment or coloration.; "dry facts"; "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner" |
| ~ featureless | lacking distinguishing characteristics or features.; "the featureless landscape of the steppe" |
| ~ homely | plain and unpretentious.; "homely truths"; "letters to his son full of homely advice"; "homely fare" |
| ~ inelaborate, unelaborate | not elaborate; lacking rich or complex detail. |
| ~ literal | avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis).; "it's the literal truth" |
| ~ simple | unornamented.; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity" |
| ~ tailored, trim | severely simple in line or design.; "a neat tailored suit"; "tailored curtains" |
| ~ vanilla | plain and without any extras or adornments.; "the most common type of bond is the straight or plain vanilla bond"; "the basic car is known as the vanilla version" |
| ~ unpretentious | lacking pretension or affectation.; "an unpretentious country church"; "her quiet unpretentious demeanor" |
| ~ unrhetorical | not rhetorical. |
| ~ simple | having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved.; "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance" |
| adj. | 6. plain, unpatterned | lacking patterns especially in color. |
| ~ solid-colored, solid-coloured | having the same color all over. |
| adj. | 7. plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed | not mixed with extraneous elements.; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing" |
| ~ pure | free of extraneous elements of any kind.; "pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones"; "pure oxygen" |
| adj. | 8. plain, unvarnished | free from any effort to soften to disguise.; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children" |
| ~ direct | straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action.; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach" |
| adj. | 9. bare, plain, spare, unembellished, unornamented | lacking embellishment or ornamentation.; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete" |
| ~ unadorned, undecorated | not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction. |
| adj. | 10. homely, plain | lacking in physical beauty or proportion.; "a homely child"; "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain girl with a freckled face" |
| ~ unattractive | lacking beauty or charm.; "as unattractive as most mining regions" |
| adv. | 11. apparently, evidently, manifestly, obviously, patently, plain, plainly | 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" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| pure | | |
| adj. | 1. pure | free of extraneous elements of any kind.; "pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones"; "pure oxygen" |
| ~ clean | ritually clean or pure. |
| ~ axenic | (used of cultures of microorganisms) completely free from other organisms.; "an axenic culture" |
| ~ clean, fresh | free from impurities.; "clean water"; "fresh air" |
| ~ unclouded, clean, clear, light | (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims.; "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell" |
| ~ fine | free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity.; "gold 21 carats fine" |
| ~ native | as found in nature in the elemental form.; "native copper" |
| ~ unmingled, unmixed, sheer, plain | not mixed with extraneous elements.; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing" |
| ~ pristine | completely free from dirt or contamination.; "pristine mountain snow" |
| ~ sublimate | made pure. |
| ~ unadulterated | not mixed with impurities.; "unadulterated maple syrup" |
| ~ unalloyed | free from admixture.; "unalloyed metal"; "unalloyed pleasure" |
| ~ unpolluted, uncontaminated | free from admixture with noxious elements; clean.; "unpolluted streams"; "a contaminated lake" |
| ~ virginal | untouched or undefiled.; "nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage" |
| ~ processed | prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process.; "processed ores" |
| adj. | 2. arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter | without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers.; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" |
| ~ unmitigated | not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier.; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie" |
| adj. | 3. pure, saturated | (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black. |
| ~ intense, vivid | (of color) having the highest saturation.; "vivid green"; "intense blue" |
| adj. | 4. pure | free from discordant qualities. |
| ~ harmonious | musically pleasing. |
| adj. | 5. pure | concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied.; "pure science" |
| ~ theoretical | concerned with theories rather than their practical applications.; "theoretical physics" |
| adj. | 6. pure | (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless.; "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"; "pure as the driven snow" |
| ~ chaste | morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse).; "a holy woman innocent and chaste" |
| ~ undefiled, immaculate | free from stain or blemish. |
| ~ white | free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied.; "in shining white armor" |
| adj. | 7. pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous | in a state of sexual virginity.; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal" |
| ~ chaste | morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse).; "a holy woman innocent and chaste" |
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