plain [ plain ]
Adjective
everyone dined at a plain wooden table
Sport it with a gray suit and plain white or patterned shirt.
Cover the work surface with plain newsprint or a drop cloth.
donations can be put in a plain envelope
Meanwhile, plain folks toss around the word with abandon.
For the most part, she just called him plain Jack.
He draws an awful lot of fire, that's plain to see.
an insurance policy written in plain English
Nothing is more artificial than plain speaking.
He was a plain man of medium height and build.
the main problem is just plain exhaustion
She offered a more varied needlework curriculum of plain work, marking, openwork, and embroidery along with reading and writing.
Adverb
perhaps the youth was just plain stupid
I'm finished with you, I'll tell you plain
Noun
With these they are able to dramatise plains, prairies, steppes and meadows.
Origin
Verb
'Oh, Rover, don't you leave me, too, ' she plained out.
When she was entertained she plained about her new-found fame.
She plained of love; she longed for wings.

