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What does plain mean?

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

Adjective
  1. (now rare, regional) Flat, level. [from 14th c.]
  2. Simple.
    1. Ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation; unembellished. [from 14th c.]
    2. Of just one colour; lacking a pattern.
    3. Simple in habits or qualities; unsophisticated, not exceptional, ordinary. [from 16th c.]
    4. (of food) Having only few ingredients, or no additional ingredients or seasonings; not elaborate, without toppings or extras. [from 17th c.]
    5. (computing) Containing no extended or nonprinting characters (especially in plain text). [from 20th c.]
  3. Obvious.
    1. Evident to one's senses or reason; manifest, clear, unmistakable. [from 14th c.]
    2. Downright; total, unmistakable (as intensifier). [from 14th c.]
  4. Open.
    1. Honest and without deception; candid, open; blunt. [from 14th c.]
    2. Clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.
  5. Not unusually beautiful; unattractive. [from 17th c.]
Adverb
  1. (colloquial) Simply
Noun
  1. (rare, poetic) A lamentation.
Verb
  1. (reflexive, obsolete) To complain. [13th-19th c.]
  2. (transitive) To lament, bewail. [from 14th c.]
Noun
  1. An expanse of land with relatively low relief.
  2. A battlefield.
  3. (obsolete) A plane.
Verb
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To level; to raze; to make plain or even on the surface.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To make plain or manifest; to explain.
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