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What does main mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word main? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (obsolete) Great in size or degree; vast; strong; powerful; important.
  2. Principal; prime; chief; leading; of chief or principal importance. [from 15th c.]
  3. Principal or chief in size or extent; largest; consisting of the largest part; most important by reason or size or strength.
  4. Full; undivided; sheer (of strength, force etc.). [from 16th c.]
  5. (nautical) Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.
  6. (dialectal) Big; angry.
Adverb
  1. (Britain, dialectal) Very; very much; greatly; mightily; extremely; exceedingly.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To mainly play a specific character, or side, when playing a game.
Noun
  1. (might and main) Strength; power; force; violent effort. [from 9th c.]
  2. That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the gross; the bulk; the greater part.
  3. (informal) The main course, or principal dish of a meal.
  4. (now archaic, US dialectal) The mainland. [from 16th c.]
  5. (now poetic) The high seas. [from 16th c.]
  6. A large pipe or cable providing utility service to a building or area, such as water main or electric main. [from 17th c.]
  7. (nautical) The mainsail. [from 17th c.]
Noun
  1. A hand or match in a game of dice.
  2. A stake played for at dice.
  3. The largest throw in a match at dice; a throw at dice within given limits, as in the game of hazard.
  4. A main-hamper, or fruit basket.
  5. (gaming) To predominantly play using a certain character.
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