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Mains

verb
/meɪnz/
Word Frequency: 1.2

Definitions

1.verbShort for mainline.
2.verbTo mainly play a specific character, or side, during a game.
"He mains the same character as me in that game."
3.verbOf a road: to convert into a main or primary road.
4.nounThat which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
5.nounA large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main.
6.nounShort for main course.
"I had scampi and chips for my main and a slice of cheesecake for dessert."
7.nounThe high seas.
8.nounThe mainland.
9.nounShort for mainsail.
10.noun(except in might and main) Force, power, strength, violent effort.
11.nounA hand or match in a game of dice.
12.nounThe largest throw in a match at dice; in the game of hazard, a number from one to nine called out by a person before the dice are thrown.
13.nounA stake played for at dice.
14.nounA sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match.
15.nounA banker's shovel for coins.
16.nounA basket for gathering grapes.
17.nounThe domestic electrical power supply.
"I plugged it into the mains and it blew up!"
18.nounThe pipes of a centralized water supply that transport the water to individual buildings.
19.nounThe main course of a meal.

Synonyms

principalprimaryimportantindependentchiefintensebrinyof importelectricalwaterworkssectorconnector

Rhymes With

remainsmanesexplainsveinsconstrainsbrainscontainsfeigns
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