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What (who) is main - definition
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Main (crater); Main (disambiguation)
main
I. a.
1.
Chief, principal, leading, cardinal, capital.
2.
Important, essential, necessary, requisite, indispensable, vital.
3.
Mighty, vast, huge, enormous.
4.
Sheer, pure, directly applied.
5.
Absolute, mere, direct, entire.
II. n.
1.
Ocean, great sea, high sea.
2.
Continent, mainland.
3.
Main conduit, main pipe, main duct, main channel.
4.
Principal point.
5.
Force, power, strength, might, violent effort.
6.
The gross, the bulk, the greater part, majority.
7.
Hamper, large basket.
main
main1
¦ adjective chief in size or importance.
¦ noun
1. a principal pipe carrying water or gas or a cable carrying electricity.
(the mains) Brit. the source of public water, gas, or electricity supply through pipes or cables.
2. (the main) archaic or literary the open ocean.
Phrases
by main force through sheer strength.
in the main on the whole.
Origin
ME: from OE m?gen 'physical force', reinforced by ON meginn, megn 'strong, powerful', both from a Gmc base meaning 'have power'.
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main2
¦ noun
1. (in the game of hazard) a number (5, 6, 7, 8, or 9) called by a player before dice are thrown.
2. historical a match between fighting cocks.
Origin
C16: prob. from the phr. main chance.
Main
·adj Vast; huge.
II. Main ·noun A main-hamper.
III. Main ·adj Important; necessary.
IV. Main ·noun A hand or match at dice.
V. Main ·noun A match at cockfighting.
VI. Main ·adj Very or extremely strong.
VII. Main ·noun A stake played for at dice.
VIII. Main ·adj Very; extremely; as, main heavy.
IX. Main ·adj Unqualified; absolute; entire; sheer.
X. Main ·v Strength; force; might; violent effort.
XI. Main ·adj Principal; chief; first in size, rank, importance, ·etc.
XII. Main ·v The continent, as distinguished from an island; the mainland.
XIII. Main ·v The chief or principal part; the main or most important thing.
XIV. Main ·v The great sea, as distinguished from an arm, bay, ·etc. ; the high sea; the ocean.
XV. Main ·noun The largest throw in a match at dice; a throw at dice within given limits, as in the game of hazard.
XVI. Main ·v principal duct or pipe, as distinguished from lesser ones; ·esp. (Engin.), a principal pipe leading to or from a reservoir; as, a fire main.
Examples of use of main
1. These include the Main Frontal thrust, the Main Central thrust, the Main boundary thrust, and the Main Mantle thrust.
2. But the towers, main cables and main beams are original.
3. France is Morocco‘s main export destination, and its main supplier of goods and foreign investment.
4. The district lies close to Baghdad‘s main airport and the main U.S. military headquarters there.
5. And that is the main problem – and the main limitation of the business administration programs.