What part of speech is plain?

Plain can be categorized as an adjective, a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. plain is a verb, present, 1st person singular of plain (infinitive).
  • 2. plain is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. plain is a noun, singular of plains.
  • 4. plain is an adjective.

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Adjective

Adjective to adverb

  • adjective: plain
  • adverb: plainly 

What does plain mean?

Definitions

Adjective
plain - not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"
plain - lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
plain - lacking patterns especially in color
plain - not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"
plain - free from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children"
plain - 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"
plain - lacking in physical beauty or proportion; "a homely child"; "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain girl with a freckled face"

Adverb
plain - Simply.

Verb
plain - To lament, bewail.
plain - To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface.
plain - To make plain or manifest; to explain.

Noun
plain - extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
plain - a basic knitting stitch
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Examples of plain

#   Sentence  
1. noun They emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain.
2. noun Take a photo of a very light plain subject close to the lens using long exposure and smallest aperture you have - over expose by a couple of stops.
3. noun Now there is nothing but desert, where there used to be a fertile plain.
4. noun The mountain rises above the plain.
5. noun The view was splendid over the plain, and in the distance was Asuka.
6. noun The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.
7. noun We looked down on the plain from the hilltop.
8. noun A vast plain extends beyond the river.
9. noun The waterways ramify across the plain.
10. noun The waterways branch out across the plain.
11. noun The city is on a plain.
12. noun Herds of horses and cattle roamed at will over the plain.
13. noun The river meanders across the plain.
14. noun The beasts ran through the plain.
15. noun A surprise attack is almost impossible in this plain.
16. adj. Plain food.
17. adj. Stuck to the plain facts.
18. adj. A plain blue suit.
19. adj. A plain rectangular brick building.
20. adj. A plain hair style.
21. adj. Plain water.
22. adj. The plain and unvarnished truth.
23. adj. Made his meaning plain.
24. adj. It is plain that he is no reactionary.
25. adj. In plain view.
26. adj. A plain girl with a freckled face.
27. adj. The plain fact is that a few members of IT are pushing this initiative, but they lack commercial sponsorship.
28. adj. The plain fact is that Bush has a sight more in the way of common humanity than a great many of his detractors.
29. adj. A good camera for the plain point and shoot.
30. adj. When you get the tank make sure you wash the inside (with plain water) then you wash the gravel (with only water too) take out all the stuff that is floating on top.
Sentence  
noun
They emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain.
Take a photo of a very light plain subject close to the lens using long exposure and smallest aperture you have - over expose by a couple of stops.
Now there is nothing but desert, where there used to be a fertile plain.
The mountain rises above the plain.
The view was splendid over the plain, and in the distance was Asuka.
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.
We looked down on the plain from the hilltop.
A vast plain extends beyond the river.
The waterways ramify across the plain.
The waterways branch out across the plain.
The city is on a plain.
Herds of horses and cattle roamed at will over the plain.
The river meanders across the plain.
The beasts ran through the plain.
A surprise attack is almost impossible in this plain.
adj.
Plain food.
Stuck to the plain facts.
A plain blue suit.
A plain rectangular brick building.
A plain hair style.
Plain water.
The plain and unvarnished truth.
Made his meaning plain.
It is plain that he is no reactionary.
In plain view.
A plain girl with a freckled face.
The plain fact is that a few members of IT are pushing this initiative, but they lack commercial sponsorship.
The plain fact is that Bush has a sight more in the way of common humanity than a great many of his detractors.
A good camera for the plain point and shoot.
When you get the tank make sure you wash the inside (with plain water) then you wash the gravel (with only water too) take out all the stuff that is floating on top.
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