plain
To level; to raze; to make plain or even on the surfaceTo level; to raze; to make plain or even on the surface.
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» Could you put it in plain language?
Ви можете пояснити це простими словами? — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(obsolete, transitive)To level; to raze; to make plain or even on the surface.
(obsolete, transitive)To make plain or manifest; to explain.
(obsolete, reflexive)To complain.
(ambitransitive, archaic, poetic)To lament, bewail.
to plain a loss
- express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
Examples
262 sentencesCould you put it in plain language?
Ви можете пояснити це простими словами? — deniko
It's as plain as day.
Це ясно як день. — deniko
ruЭто ясно как день. — marafon
Tom was just plain wrong.
Том був просто і очевидно неправим. — deniko
She wore a plain blue dress.
deSie trug ein einfaches blaues Kleid. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Try to write in plain English.
Origin
From Old French plain, from Latin plānum (“level ground, a plain”), neuter substantive froFrom Old French plain, from Latin plānum (“level ground, a plain”), neuter substantive from plānus (“level, even, flat”). Doublet of llano, piano, and plane.
From Anglo-Norman plainer, pleiner, variant of Anglo-Norman and Old French pleindre, plaindre, from Latin plangere.
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Forms
plains, plaining, plained, plainedSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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