adj.
1.clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses
2.not elaborate or elaborated
3.lacking patterns especially in color
4.not mixed with extraneous elements
5.free from any effort to soften to disguise
6.lacking embellishment or ornamentation
7.lacking stylistic embellishment
8.comprehensible to the general public
9.lacking in physical beauty or proportion plain adv.
1.unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') plain n.
1.extensive tract of level open land
2.a basic knitting stitch plain v.
1.express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
Idiom of the Day
ways and means
the raising of money to pay for something
The woman does not have the ways and means to give her children a good education.
