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Significations et usages de plain
Définition
plain (adj.)
1.free from ambiguity"a straightforward set of instructions"
2.provoking horror"an atrocious automobile accident" "a frightful crime of decapitation" "an alarming, even horrifying, picture" "war is beyond all words horrible" - Winston Churchill"an ugly wound"
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"
5.free from any effort to soften to disguise"the plain and unvarnished truth" "the unvarnished candor of old people and children"
6.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 ..."
7.lacking patterns especially in color
8.not elaborate or elaborated; simple"plain food" "stuck to the plain facts" "a plain blue suit" "a plain rectangular brick building"
9.not mixed with extraneous elements"plain water" "sheer wine" "not an unmixed blessing"
10.lacking stylistic embellishment"a literal description" "wrote good but plain prose" "a plain unadorned account of the coronation" "a forthright unembellished style"
11.apart from anything else; without additions or modifications"only the bare facts" "shocked by the mere idea" "the simple passage of time was enough" "the simple truth"
12.characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion"blunt talking and straight shooting" "a blunt New England farmer" "I gave them my candid opinion" "forthright criticism" "a forthright approach to the problem" "tell ..."
plain (adv./adj.)
1.clearly evident to the mind"his opposition to slavery was unmistakable"
2.to an undeniable degree or in an undeniable manner"she is undeniably the most gifted student in the class"
plain (adv.)
1.(colloquial)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 appar..."
plain (n.)
1.a basic knitting stitch
2.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 (v.)
1.express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness"My mother complains all day" "She has a lot to kick about"
plain
1.a basic knitting stitch
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Merriam Webster
PlainPlain (?), v. i. [OE. playne, pleyne, fr. F. plaindre. See Plaint.] To lament; to bewail; to complain. [Archaic & Poetic] Milton.
We with piteous heart unto you pleyne. Chaucer.
PlainPlain, v. t. To lament; to mourn over; as, to plain a loss. [Archaic & Poetic] Sir J. Harrington.
PlainPlain, a. [Compar. Plainer (?); superl. Plainest.] [F., level, flat, fr. L. planus, perhaps akin to E. floor. Cf. Llano, Piano, Plan, Plane level, a level surface.]
1. Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See Plane.
The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. Isa. xl. 4.
2. Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.
Our troops beat an army in plain fight. Felton.
3. Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable. “'T is a plain case.” Shak.
4. (a) Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple. (b) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common. “Plain yet pious Christians.” Hammond. “The plain people.” A. Lincoln. (c) Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank. “An honest mind, and plain.” Shak. (d) Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food. (e) Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman. (f) Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin. (g) Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune.
Plain battle, open battle; pitched battle. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Plain chant (Mus.) Same as Plain song, below. -- Plain chart (Naut.), a chart laid down on Mercator's projection. -- Plain dealer. (a) One who practices plain dealing. (b) A simpleton. [Obs.] Shak. -- Plain dealing. See under Dealing. -- Plain molding (Join.), molding of which the surfaces are plain figures. -- Plain sewing, sewing of seams by simple and common stitches, in distinct from fancy work, embroidery, etc.; -- distinguished also from designing and fitting garments. -- Plain song. (a) The Gregorian chant, or canto fermo; the prescribed melody of the Roman Catholic service, sung in unison, in tones of equal length, and rarely extending beyond the compass of an octave. (b) A simple melody. -- Plain speaking, plainness or bluntness of speech.
Syn. -- Level; flat; smooth; open; artless; unaffected; undisguised; frank; sincere; honest; candid; ingenuous; unembellished; downright; blunt; clear; simple; distinct; manifest; obvious; apparent. See Manifest.
PlainPlain, adv. In a plain manner; plainly. “To speak short and pleyn.” Chaucer. “To tell you plain.” Shak.
PlainPlain, n. [Cf. OF. plaigne, F. plaine. See Plain, a.]
1. Level land; usually, an open field or a broad stretch of land with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities; as, the plain of Jordan; the American plains, or prairies.
Descending fro the mountain into playn. Chaucer.
Him the Ammonite
Worshiped in Rabba and her watery plain. Milton.
2. A field of battle. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.
Lead forth my soldiers to the plain. Shak.
PlainPlain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plained (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Plaining.] [Cf. Plane, v.]
1. To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface. [R.]
We would rake Europe rather, plain the East. Wither.
2. To make plain or manifest; to explain.
What's dumb in show, I'll plain in speech. Shak.
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Définition (complément)
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Synonymes
plain
plain (adj.)
apparent, artless, atrocious, bald, bare, blunt, candid, clear, common, crude, direct, discreet, distinct, downright, easy, evident, flat, forthright, frank, free-spoken, frightful, frugal, guileless, heinous, honest, horrible, horrific, horrifying, inelegant, ingenuous, literal, lucid, manifest, mere, nude, obvious, open, ordinary, outspoken, overt, patent, plainspoken, point-blank, raw, sheer, simple, smooth, sober, spare, straight, straightforward, straight-from-the-shoulder, terrible, transparent, ugly, unadorned, unaffected, unattractive, unbeautiful, unconcealed, undisguised, unembellished, unhandsome, unlined, unlovely, unmingled, unmistakable, unmixed, unornamented, unpatterned, unpretentious, unquestionable, unruled, unsightly, unvarnished, dead easy (colloquial, British), homely (American)
plain (adv.) (colloquial)
apparently, evidently, just, manifestly, noticeably, obviously, patently, perceptibly, plainly, simply, visibly
plain (adv./adj.)
apparent, apparently, blatantly, clear, clearly, evidently, glaringly, incontestably, indisputably, irrefutably, notoriously, obviously, patent, patently, plainly, seemingly, self-evident, unarguably, undeniably, unmistakable, unmistakably, unquestionably, without a shadow of a doubt
plain (n.)
champaign, field, flatlands, knit, knit stitch, lowlands, plain stitch
Voir aussi
plain (adv./adj.)
↘ apparently, blatantly, clearly, evidently, glaringly, incontestably, indisputably, irrefutably, noticeability, noticeableness, notoriously, obviously, obviousness, patency, patently, plainly, seemingly, self-evidence, unarguably, undeniably, unmistakably, unquestionably, without a shadow of a doubt ↗ apparent, clear, inarguable, incontestable, indisputable, irrefutable, patent, self-evident, sure, unarguable, unmistakable, unquestionable
plain (adj.)
↘ atrociously, atrociousness, atrocity, barbarity, barbarousness, crudely, disgustedness, enormity, heinously, heinousness, homeliness, horribly, inelegantly, loathsomeness, monstrously, plainly, plainness, repulsiveness, simplicity, straight, straightforwardness, straightly, terribleness, uglify, uglily, ugliness ↗ alarm, appal, appall, dismay, horrify ≠ fancy, patterned
Locutions
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⇨ A Darkling Plain • Abeno Plain • Aereo-plain • Annfield Plain • Ararat plain • Assemblages of plants and invertebrate animals of tumulus (organic mound) springs of the Swan Coastal Plain • Atlantic Plain • Baragan Plain • Battle Plain Township, Rock County, Minnesota • Battle of Wuzhang Plain • Beebe Plain • Bell Plain Township, Marshall County, Illinois • Belle Plain College • Belva Plain • Bjelopavlići plain • Bărăgan Plain • Campaign of the North China Plain Pocket • Carrizo Plain National Monument • Cephissus (Athenian plain) • Chengdu Plain • Cheshire Plain • Cities of the Plain (disambiguation) • Cleveland Plain Dealer • Coastal Plain League • Coastal Plain League (Class D) • Coastal Plain League (disambiguation) • Coastal Plain Research Arboretum • Coastal plain • Come on Over (Plain White T's album) • Cumberland Plain • Danubian Plain (Bulgaria) • Dinner Plain, Victoria • Diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's plain high diving • Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's plain high diving • Diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's plain high diving • Eastern European Plain • Elk Plain, Washington • Fair Plain, Michigan • Fires on the Plain • Fires on the Plain (film) • Flood-plain viper • Fort Plain, New York • Francis Plain Playing Field • Garden Plain Township, Whiteside County, Illinois • Garden Plain, Kansas • Gezira Plain • Grand Plain • Grand Plain Township, Marshall County, Minnesota • Great Hungarian Plain • Great Hungarian Plain (disambiguation) • Great Plain • Great Plain and North • Gun Plain Township, Michigan • Hidden in Plain View • Hidden in Plain View (EP) • Hidden in Plain View (disambiguation) • In Plain View (Third Watch) • Indo-Gangetic Plain • Israeli coastal plain • Jamaica Plain, Boston • Just Plain Folks Music Organization • Just Plain Mark and Zippy • Kanto plain • Kedu Plain • La Posa Plain • Lacustrine plain • Lakes Plain languages • Language Made Plain • Lava plain • Little Hungarian Plain • Liuwa Plain National Park • Long Plain First Nation • Malang Plain • Manchurian Plain • Maniototo Plain • Maple Plain, Minnesota • Maple Plain, Wisconsin • Masovian Plain • Mazandaran Plain • Mesara Plain • Mill Plain • Mill Plain, Washington • Mitchell's Plain • Molonglo Plain • Mutley Plain • North China Plain • Northeast China Plain • Northeastern Plain • Northern European Plain • Northern Great Plain • Nullarbor Plain • On the Edge of a Plain • Oxnard Plain • Pacific Coastal Plain • Pannonian Plain • Plain Antvireo • Plain Blue Banner • Plain Brush-tailed Rat • Plain Chachalaca • Plain Chant • Plain City, Ohio • Plain City, Utah • Plain Dealing, Louisiana • Plain Folk • Plain Folk of the Old South • Plain Grove Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania • Plain Jane • Plain Jane (band) • Plain Language Movement • Plain Local School District • Plain Old CLR Object • Plain Old Java Object • Plain Old Semantic HTML • Plain Pipit • Plain Prinia • Plain Rap • Plain Red Banner • Plain Tales from the Hills • Plain Talk • Plain Tiger • Plain Township • Plain Township, Franklin County, Ohio • Plain Township, Ohio • Plain Township, Stark County, Ohio • Plain Township, Wayne County, Ohio • Plain Township, Wood County, Ohio • Plain Truth • Plain View, North Carolina • Plain Weave • Plain White Banner • Plain White T's • Plain Xenops • Plain Yellow Banner • Plain bearing • Plain chocolate • Plain folks • Plain language • Plain loaf • Plain meaning rule • Plain mountain adder • Plain of Bagua • Plain of Jars • Plain old data structures • Plain old telephone service • Plain people • Plain text • Plain weave • Plain, Wisconsin • Plain-backed • Plain-backed Pipit • Plain-backed Sparrow • Plain-backed pipit • Plain-capped Starthroat • Pleasant Plain, Iowa • Pleasant Plain, Ohio • Porcupine Plain Airport • Punjab Plain • R.Hide in Plain Site • Return to Plain Awful • Richard Plain • Sachem's Plain • Sachem's plain • Sachems Plain • Sachems plain • Salisbury Plain • Sarah, Plain and Tall (film) • Scroll plain • Serengeti Plain • Sermon on the Plain • Sharon plain • Shepherd of Salisbury Plain • Songliao Plain • Songnen Plain • Southern Great Plain • Stony Plain • Stony Plain (Lichtner Farms) Airport • Stony Plain 135, Alberta • Stony Plain Eagles • Stony Plain Public Library • Stop (Plain White T's album) • Strand plain • Swan Coastal Plain • Taieri Plain • The Complete Plain Words • The Plain Dealer (play) • The Plain, Oxford • The Story of the Glittering Plain • Tingri Plain • Two Cents Plain • Upper Thracian Plain • Virginia Plain • Wallachian Plain • West Lancashire Coastal Plain • West Siberian Plain • Western Siberian Plain • Woodville Karst Plain Project • Yangtze Plain • Yuen Long Plain • Zeta Plain
Dictionnaire analogique
plain
knitting stitch[Hyper.]
purl - purl stitch[Dérivé]
plain (adj.)
easy[Classe]
fluide (style) (fr)[DomainJugement]
unambiguous, unequivocal, univocal[Similaire]
plain (adj.)
alarm, appal, appall, dismay, horrify[Qui~]
alarming[Similaire]
plain (adj.)
brut, sans finesse (choses) (fr)[Classe]
qui concerne essentiellement le réel (fr)[Classe]
qui signifie clairement qqch (fr)[Classe]
bourru (fr)[Classe]
plain (adj.)
unattractive[Similaire]
plain (adj.)
direct[Similaire]
plain (adj.)
monocolore (fr)[Classe]
(rug; carpet; carpeting)[termes liés]
qualificatif de l'aspect d'une étoffe (fr)[DomaineDescription]
patterned[Ant.]
plain (adj.)
fancy[Ant.]
plain (adj.)
pure, undiluted[Similaire]
plain (adj.)
plain[Similaire]
plain (adj.)
direct[Similaire]
plain (adj. et adv.)
évident (fr)[Classe]
qui prouve sérieusement (fr)[Classe]
d'une manière certaine (fr)[Classe]
d'une manière évidente (fr)[Classe]
d'une manière explicite et intelligible (fr)[Classe]
sincère (récit) (fr)[DomainJugement]
plain (adv.)
[colloquial]
colloquial expression, colloquialism[Domaine]
plain (n.)
knitting stitch[Hyper.]
knit[Dérivé]
plain (n.)
flatlands; plain[ClasseHyper.]
plain (n.)
flatlands; plain[Classe]
plain (v.)
EUROVOCWikipedia
Plain
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In geography, a plain is land with relatively low relief, that is flat or gently rolling. Prairies and steppes are types of plains, and the archetype for a plain is often thought of as a grassland, but plains in their natural state may also be covered in shrublands, woodland and forest, or vegetation may be absent in the case of sandy or stony plains in hot deserts. Types of flatlands for which the term is not generally used include those covered entirely and permanently by swamps, marshes, playas, or ice sheets.
Plains occur as lowlands and at the bottoms of valleys but also on plateaus at high elevations. In a valley, a plain is enclosed on two sides but in other cases a plain may be delineated by a complete or partial ring of hills, by mountains or cliffs. Where a geological region contains more than one plain, they may be connected by a pass (sometime termed a gap). Plains may have been formed from flowing lava, deposited by water, ice or wind, or formed by erosion by these agents from hills and \bro Plains in many areas are important for nc because where the soils were deposited as sediments they may be deep and fertile, and the flatness facilitates mechanization of crop production; or because they support grasslands which provide good grazing for livestock.
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Types of terrestrial plains
- Coastal plain, an area of low-lying land adjacent to a sea; the term is used especially where they contrast with hills, mountains or plateau further inland.
- Alluvial plains are formed by rivers, and may be one of these overlapping types:
- Flood plain, adjacent to a stream, river, lake or wetland that experiences occasional or periodic flooding.
- Alluvial plain, formed over a long period of time by a river depositing sediment on its floodplain or bed which becomes alluvial soil. The difference between a floodplain and an alluvial plain is that the floodplain represents the area experiencing flooding fairly regularly in the present or recently, whereas an alluvial plain includes areas where the floodplain is now and used to be, or areas which only experience flooding a few times a century.
- Scroll plain, a plain through which a river meanders with a very low gradient.
- Lacustrine plain, a plain that originally formed in a lacustrine environment, that is, as the bed of a lake.
- Lava plain, formed by sheets of flowing lava.
- Glacial plains are formed by the movement of glaciers under the force of gravity:
- Till plain, a plain of glacial till that forms when a sheet of ice becomes detached from the main body of a glacier and melts in place depositing the sediments it carries. Till plains are composed of unsorted material (till) of all sizes.
- Sandur (plural sandar), a glacial out-wash plain formed of sediments deposited by melt-water at the terminus of a glacier. Sandar consist mainly of stratified (layered and sorted) gravel and sand
Other types
The term may also be used for flat areas of the ocean floor or for flat areas on moons and planets.
- Abyssal plain, a flat or very gently sloping area of the deep ocean basin
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- Field
- Flooded grasslands and savannas
- Flood-meadow
- Grassland
- Machair
- Meadow
- Pasture
- Plateau
- Prairie
- Rangeland
- Savanna
- Steppe
- Water-meadow
- Wet meadow
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