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Results for: "plain"

Translating from English to Welsh

Translations:

plain — an expanse of land with relatively low relief
→ gwastatir m
→ gwastad m
plain — simple, unadorned
→ plaen
→ syml

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 2

  1. extensive tract of level open land

    • “they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain”
    • “he longed for the fields of his youth”
  2. a basic knitting stitch

    Synonymsknitknit stitchplain stitch

VERB 1

  1. express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

    • “My mother complains all day”
    • “She has a lot to kick about”
    Synonymscomplainkicksound offquetchkvetch

ADJECTIVE 7

  1. 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”
  2. not elaborate or elaborated; simple

    • “plain food”
    • “stuck to the plain facts”
    • “a plain blue suit”
    • “a plain rectangular brick building”
  3. lacking patterns especially in color

    Synonymsunpatterned
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  1. not mixed with extraneous elements

    • “plain water”
    • “sheer wine”
    • “not an unmixed blessing”
  2. free from any effort to soften to disguise

    • “the plain and unvarnished truth”
    • “the unvarnished candor of old people and children”
    Synonymsunvarnished
  3. lacking embellishment or ornamentation

    • “a plain hair style”
    • “unembellished white walls”
    • “functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete”
  4. lacking in physical beauty or proportion

    • “a homely child”
    • “several of the buildings were downright homely”
    • “a plain girl with a freckled face”
    Synonymshomely

ADVERB 1

  1. 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”