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Mains
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adjective
1.
chief in size, extent, or importance; principal; leading: the company's main office; the main features of a plan.
2.
sheer; utmost, as strength or force: to lift a stone by main force.
3.
of or pertaining to a broad expanse: main sea.
4.
Grammar. syntactically independent; capable of use in isolation. Compare dependent (def. 4), independent (def. 14), main clause.
5.
EXPAND6.
COLLAPSEObsolete.
a.
having or exerting great strength or force; mighty.
b.
having momentous or important results; significant.
noun
7.
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
8.
physical strength, power, or force: to struggle with might and main.
9.
the chief or principal part or point: The main of their investments was lost during the war.
10.
Literary. the open ocean; high sea: the bounding main.
11.
the mainland.
adverb
Idiom12.
South Midland U.S. (chiefly Appalachian). very; exceedingly: The dogs treed a main big coon.
14.
in the main, for the most part; chiefly: In the main, the novel was dull reading.
Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English meyn, mayn strength, power, Old English mægen, cognate with Old Norse megin(n), megn strength; (adj.) Middle English mayn, partly < Old Norse megenn, megn strong, partly independent use of Old English mægen (noun) taken as an adj. in compounds, as in mægen-weorc, literally, work of might
before 900; (noun) Middle English meyn, mayn strength, power, Old English mægen, cognate with Old Norse megin(n), megn strength; (adj.) Middle English mayn, partly < Old Norse megenn, megn strong, partly independent use of Old English mægen (noun) taken as an adj. in compounds, as in mægen-weorc, literally, work of might
Synonyms
1. cardinal, prime, paramount, primary, capital. 2. pure, direct. 7. conduit. 8. might.
1. cardinal, prime, paramount, primary, capital. 2. pure, direct. 7. conduit. 8. might.
Antonyms
1. secondary, least. 8. weakness.
1. secondary, least. 8. weakness.
noun
a cockfighting match.
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Word Origin & History
main
early 13c., "large, bulky, strong," from O.E. mægen- "power, strength, force," used in compounds (see main (n.)), probably infl. by O.N. megenn (adj.) "strong, powerful." Sense of "chief" is c.1400. In Spanish Main the word is short for mainland and refers to the coast
EXPANDbetween Panama and Orinoco. Main man "favorite male friend, hero" is from 1967, U.S. black slang.
COLLAPSE
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