Plain

1. Plain, WI (village, FIPS 63125)
Location: 43.27829 N, 90.04218 W
Population (1990): 691 (293 housing units)
Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 53577
Country: USA

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Expressions: Plain

Expressions using "plain": ad in plain terms ♦ aggradation plain ♦ aggradational plain ♦ aggraded valley plain ♦ alluvial plain ♦ as plain as a pikestaff ♦ baseleveled plain ♦ be plain sailing ♦ beach plain ♦ bolson plain ♦ coastal plain ♦ coastline plain ♦ delta plain ♦ denudation plain ♦ dowelled jointed plain concrete pavement ♦ East White Plain ♦ Elk Plain ♦ Fair Plain ♦ flood plain ♦ Fort Plain ♦ Garden Plain ♦ gliding plain ♦ in plain ♦ in plain clothes ♦ in plain common parlance ♦ in plain english ♦ in plain language ♦ in plain saxon ♦ in plain terms ♦ in plain words ♦ it is as plain as the nose in your face ♦ it was plain sailing ♦ it's all plain sailing ♦ Jamaica Plain ♦ jointed plain concrete pavement ♦ Maple Plain ♦ mesa plain ♦ plain aerial ♦ plain answer ♦ plain as a pike staff ♦ plain as a pikestaff ♦ plain as the nose on one's face ♦ plain as the way to parish church ♦ plain ASCII ♦ plain battle ♦ plain bearing ♦ plain bread ♦ plain bromide paper ♦ plain card ♦ plain center ♦ plain centers ♦ plain chant ♦ plain chart ♦ plain chocolate ♦ Plain City ♦ plain clothes ♦ plain clothes man ♦ plain dealer ♦ Plain Dealing ♦ plain dividing apparatus ♦ plain english ♦ plain fabric ♦ plain flap ♦ plain flour ♦ plain folder ♦ plain folly ♦ plain gear ♦ plain groove ♦ plain index center ♦ plain index centers ♦ plain knitting ♦ plain language ♦ plain molding ♦ plain net ♦ plain of Mamre ♦ plain Old Documentation ♦ plain old telephone service ♦ plain Old Telephone System ♦ plain paper ♦ plain People ♦ plain pin ♦ plain rib ♦ plain sailing ♦ plain sewing ♦ plain shaft ♦ plain shaft bearing ♦ plain song ♦ plain speaking ♦ plain spoken ♦ plain stem ♦ plain stitch ♦ plain stress ♦ plain suit ♦ plain swelled rule ♦ plain talk ♦ plain taper key ♦ plain taper sunk key ♦ plain terms ♦ plain TeX ♦ plain truth ♦ plain turkey. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "plain": plain-ASCII, plain-boiled, plain-brand, plain-chant, plain-chocolate, plain-clothed, plain-clothes, plain-coloured, plain-contrast, plain-covered, Plain-dealing, plain-ended, plain-english, plain-faced, plain-fronted, plain-glass, plain-grain, Plain-hearted, Plain-heartedness, Plain-jane, Plain-laid, plain-language, plain-living, plain-looking, plain-paged, plain-sailing, plain-sawn, plain-sleeved, plain-speaking, Plain-spoken, plain-straight-talking, plain-suited, plain-talking, plain-vanilla, plain-weave, plain-woven, plain-wrapped.
	Ending with "plain": flood-plain, quaker-plain, river-plain.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Plain

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
white plain ny	3,718	dealer plain wabash	110
cleveland plain dealer	2,599	flood plain	110
the plain dealer	1,450	oxford plain speedway	108
great plain	1,148	plain ts white	105
great plain dynamics	983	great plain microsoft	94
morris plain nj	392	microsoft great plain partner	91
jamaica plain ma	375	great plain partner	90
scotch plain nj	374	sarah plain and tall	88
white plain	323	white plain new york	85
south plain college	295	the plain virginia	83
plain	273	plain paper fax machine	81
great plain airline	253	west plain missouri	78
west plain mo	199	plain georgia	73
alta canada edmonton plain stony	172	hidden in plain view	73
great plain software	148	hospital plain white	72
plain indian	135	high plain journal	71
coastal league plain	134	flood plain map	65
plain ticket	129	bank cross plain state	64
pompton plain nj	125	high plain drifter	64
plain commerce bank	122	tellico plain tennessee	64
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Plain

Language		Translations for "plain"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		helder (bright, clear, distinct, light, obvious). (various references)

Albanian		plotësisht (absolutely, all, at large, clear, cold, completely, dead, diametrically, entirely, fully, heartily, hollow, large, neck and crop, out and out, outright, perfectly, plenty, Plumb, properly, quite, sheer, sound, stark, thoroughly, through and through, throughly, to the full extent, to the ground, totally, up, up to the hilt, utterly, well, wholly, wide, widely), thjesht (but, merely, open and shut, plainly, purely, simply, without ceremony), rrafshinë (champaign, dead level, flat, level), qartë (clear, clearly, distinctly, evidently, expressly, fairly, it is clear, lucid, neatly, obviously, palpably, patently, plainly, precisely, visibly), i thjeshtë (abecedarian, artless, austere, bare, chaste, childlike, common, easy, elementary, enlisted, folksy, foolproof, Hick, home-bred, homely, homespun, humble, inelaborate, informal, ingenuous, inornate, mere, modest, native, natural, neat, not mingled, onefold, ordinary, prime, primitive, private, pure, quotidian, rude, russet, rustic, simple, unaffected, unassuming, unceremonious, unpretending, unpretentious, unsophisticated, very), i rëndomtë (banal, base, coarse, common, commonplace, copybook, corny, everyday, habitual, hackneyed, homely, mundane, ordinary, platitudinous, prose, prosy, second rate, substandard, trite, vulgar), i qartë (apparent, articulate, candid, clear, clear-cut, definite, distinct, evident, explicit, express, fair, formal, Frank, in focus, legible, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, neat, obvious, open and shut, palpable, patent, perspicuous, readable, self evident, serene, simple, tangible, unambiguous, unequivocal, visible, well-defined, well-marked), i hapur (ajar, blunt, champaign, direct, exposed, forthright, Frank, free, heart-to-heart, honest, hospitable, low, naked, open, open-hearted, overground, overt, pervious, public, straightforward, unclosed, uncovered), i dukshëm (apparent, appreciable, conspicuous, discernible, distinct, evidence, evident, in evidence, manifest, marked, memorable, mere, naked, notable, noticeable, observable, obvious, outward, overt, palpable, patent, perceptible, pointed, prominent, rank, salient, self-explanatory, sensible, sheer, simple, speaking, substantial, telling, thorough-paced, transparent, unconcealed, unqualified, visible), i çiltër (artless, candid, direct, downright, forthright, genuine, guileless, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, hearty, innocent, open, open-hearted, plain spoken, simple-hearted, sincere, straight, straightforward, truthful, unaffected, unsophisticated, wholehearted), fushë (area, board, branch, champaign, cornfield, country, court, deposit, dial, domain, face, field, ground, major, range, realm, region, scope, side, world). (various references)

Arabic		‏صريح (bare, bluff, candid, categorical, communicative, crude, direct, downright, expansive, explicit, flat, forthcoming, forthright, frank, genuine, guileless, honest, ingenuous, open, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, overt, palpable, plain spoken, plump, point blank, pronounced, raw, round, simple-hearted, steady, straight, straightforward, transparent, unreserved, unvarnished), ‏بصراحة (barely, blankly, downright, flat, freely, honestly, on the level, outright, overtly, plainly, plump, point blank, unreservedly), ‏بسيط (attic, chaste, crude, down to earth, elementary, homely, honest, innocent, low-browed, lowly, mere, modest, naive, natural, pastoral, petty, primitive, provincial, rustic, silly, simple, simple minded, sparing, straightforward, unaffected, unpretentious, unsophisticated, unvarnished, with distortion), ‏بوضوح (apparently, clear, clearly, distinctly, evidently, fairly, obviously, overtly, patently, plainly, pointedly, sharply, simply, visibly), ‏شىء بسيط غير معقد, ‏شكا (beef, complain, fuss, gripe, grouch, grouse, grudge, grumble, pity, repine, squeal, wail, whimper, yell), ‏ببساطة (artlessly, frugally, purely, simply), ‏جلي (apparent, clear, conspicuous, distinct, evident, express, intelligible, lucid, manifest, marked, obvious, patent, transparent, unequivocal, unmistakable), ناطق (clear, spokesman, talking), ‏عادي (average, banal, classless, common, commonplace, conventional, household, lay, mean, medial, mediocre, middling, mundane, natural, normal, ordinary, plebeian, poor, prosaic, run of the mill, second rate, simple, some, stock, trivial, unexceptional, wont), ‏سهل (ease, ease off, easy, even, expedite, facilitate, favor, favour, flat, frail, get-at-able, quite simple, simple, slick, smooth, soft), ‏تذمر (clamor, clamour, complain, complaint, crab, croak, groan, grouch, grouchiness, growl, grudge, grumble, murmur, mutter, nag, repine, snort, whimper), ‏تحدث بصراحة, ‏واضح (apparent, bold, broad, clear, conspicuous, decided, definite, elucidative, evident, explicit, express, frank, intelligible, legible, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, marked, obvious, outspoken, palpable, patent, pellucid, perspicuous, plump, pointed, pronounced, punctual, purposely, seeming, sharp, specific, transparent, trenchant, visible), ‏قماش من لون واحد, ‏أرض منبسطة. (various references)

Bulgarian		неоцветен (achromatic, uncolored, uncoloured), поле (bent, domain, field, margin, open country, veld, veldt), понятен (apprehensible, clear, comprehensible, intelligent, intelligible, transparent), прост (abc, artless, childlike, common, commonplace, easy, elemental, elementary, funky, grave, homelike, homespun, humble, illiberal, low, native, onefold, open and shut, ordinary, prime, primitive, rugged, rustic, simple, sleazy, straight, straightforward, uncomplicated, unpretentious, vulgar), прям (above board, bluff, bluffy, blunt, candid, direct, downright, forthright, free-spoken, honest, open, outright, outspoken, plainspoken, round, sincere, straight out, straightaway, straightforward, unaffected, unreserved), лицева плетка, едноцветен (monochromatic, of one colour, self-colored, self-coloured, whole-colored, whole-coloured), направо (dead, direct, directly, due, firsthand, flat, flush, forthright, incontinently, outright, plump, point blank, right, roundly, slap, slap bang, straight, straight out), искрен (bona fide, candid, cordial, deep-felt, devout, earnest, genuine, heart-to-heart, hearty, honest, outright, outspoken, prayerful, sincere, single, single-eyed, unalloyed, unfeigned, unreserved, untutored), недвусмислено (foursquare, in round terms), съвсем (all, altogether, clean, clear, completely, directly, dooms, fairly, just, largely, most, precious, quite, real, regularly, simply, sopping, spang, thoroughly, to the core, to the wide, totally, up, well, wholly, wide), обикновен (accustomed, average, common, commonplace, everyday, familiar, frequent, homely, humdrum, low, matter of fact, mere, moderate, mundane, ordinary, quiet, regular, routine, run of the mill, simple, trite, trivial, unaffected, undistinguished, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual, wonted), откровен (candid, forthright, guileless, ingenuous, open, openhearted, outright, plainspoken, point blank, round, simple minded, simple-hearted, sincere, straight, transparent, unvarnished), разбираем (apprehensible, cogitable, comprehensible, intelligent, intelligible, lucid, luminous, pellucid, scrutable, straightforward, understandable), равнина (flat, level, plane, table), явен (apparent, blazing, decided, declared, distinct, downright, evident, Frank, glaring, manifest, marked, noticeable, obvious, open, ostensible, outright, overt, palpable, patent, Plumb, pointed, professed, pronounced, rank, self-explanatory, sheer, thumping, transparent, unconcealed, unmistakable, visible), ясен (articulate, ash, ash-tree, bright, clean-cut, clear, coherent, crystal, distinct, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, matter of course, neat, obvious, pellucid, perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous, readable, robust, serene, sharp, silver, silvery, Square, straight, straightaway, straightforward, tangible, transparent, unambiguous, unshadowed, vivid), ясно (clear, clearly, distinctly, evidently, expressly, fair, obviously, precise, tersely), недвусмислен (clean-cut, positive, round, specific, straight, unambiguous, unequivocal, watertight). (various references)

Catalan		plana. (various references)

Chinese		陋 (humble, low, mean, ugly, vulgar), 野 (boundary, field, limit, open space, rude, wild), 白 (blank, bright, clear, empty, gratuitous, pure, snowy, white), 素 , 平原 (Champaign, Plains), 便 (advantageous, cheap, convenient, easy, handy, ordinary, so, then, thus, to relieve oneself), 川 (an area of level country, creek, river). (various references)

Czech		prostý (austere, chaste, coarse, frugal, homely, naked, rustic, simple, single, sober, unaffected, unpretentious, unsophisticated, unworldly, vulgar), plochý (flat, level, plane), planina, zřetelný (articulate, audible, broad, clear, conspicuous, distinct, distinctive, marked, obvious, perspicuous, pronounced), upřímný (candid, direct, fair dealing, feeling, Frank, free-hearted, genuine, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, honest, ingenuous, on the up and up, open, open-hearted, outspoken, plainspoken, simple, sincere, single-hearted, straight, straightforward, transparent, true, true-hearted, unaffected, unreserved), rovný (equal, even, level, plane, right, straight), rovina (grade, level, plane, surface), nížina (flat, lowland), jasný (bright, broad, cheerful, clear, clear-cut, definite, distinct, fair, fresh, live, lucid, overt, pellucid, radiant, serene, sheeny, shinny, straight, sunny, unambiguous, unequivocal, vivid). (various references)

Danish		slette (common dab, dressing, erasing, flats, paste, size, starch), tydelig (clear, distinct, obvious), klar (clear, distinct, obvious). (various references)

Dutch		vlakte (flats, shallow). (various references)

Esperanto		klara (clear, distinct), ebenaĵo. (various references)

Faeroese		týðuligur (clear, distinct, obvious). (various references)

Farsi		صاف (Clear, Even, Explicit, Flat, Glossy, Limpid, Plane, Serene, Silken, Sleek, Slick, Unruffled), برابر (Abreast, Breast, Equal, Equivalent, Square, Tantamount), دشت (Desert, Flat, Moor, Weald), شکوه (Glory, Grandeur, Magneficence, Magnitude, Plaint, Pomp, Refulgence), شکوه کردن (Gripe), رک وساده , بدقیافه (Gaunt, Unfavorable), جلگه (Flat), پهن (Abroad, Broad, Cachet, Flat, Large, Mulch, Wide), ساده (Bald, Bare, Downright, Explicit, Homespun, Idiot, Inexpensive, Positive, Simple, Slick, Unaadorned, Unaffected, Unassuming, Unceremonious, Unmeaning, Untutored), واضح (Clear, Crystalline, Ditinct, Explicit, Graphic, Lucid, Obvious, Overt, Palpable, Perspicuous, Vivid), هامون , هموار (Even, Flat, Level, Plane, Smooth, Tabulate), مسطح (Even, Flat, Planar, Plane), میدان یامحوطه جنگ , اشکار (Apparent, Bare, Conspicuous, Evident, Explicit, Manifest, Obvious, Open, Out, Overt, Palpable, Signal). (various references)

Finnish		tasanko (flat country, plateau), selvä (clear, distinct, lucid, obvious, sober, unmistakable). (various references)

French		plaine, uni (plain fabric), net, clair (plump). (various references)

Frisian		flakte, dúdlik (clear, distinct, obvious). (various references)

German		Ebene (flat, layer, level, lowlands, plane, plateau, rank), klar (articulate, articulative, bold, clean, clean-cut, clear, clearly, crisp, definite, distinct, distinctly, evident, explicitly, fair, intelligibly, limpid, lucid, lucidly, manifest, obvious, perspicacious, perspicuous, perspicuously, plainly, precise, rather, ready, sure, transparent, unclouded, understood, unobscured, white, yeah), glatt (bland, clean, completely, cool, direct, downright, even, flat, flatly, glib, glibby, glossy, level, outright, polished, really, sheer, silken, silky, sleek, slick, slickly, slippery, smooth, smoothly, suave, unruffled, waveless), Flachland (lowland, plains), deutlich (appreciable, articulate, articulately, bold, broad, broadly, clear, clearly, conspicuous, decided, distinct, distinct (from), distinctly, explicit, explicitly, flat, lucid, manifest, marked, notedly, noticeable, noticeably, obvious, perceptible, perspicuous, plainly, pronounced). (various references)

Greek		πεδιάδα (champaign, flat country), κάμπος (flats). (various references)

Hebrew		מישור (level, plane, plateau, surface), שפלה (coastline plain, lowland), שדה (field, soil), פשוט (common, elementary, lowly, matter of fact, neat, obvious, ordinary, petty, simple, simplification, simply, straightforward, unvarnished), פשטני (shallow, simple, superficial), עמק (depth, valley), ערבה (desert, dry land, prairie, steppe, wilderness), ככר (circus, valley), גלוי (apparent, detection, disclosure, discovery, evident, exhibition, exposed, manifest, manifestation, obvious, open, overt, patent, revelation, straight), בקעה (basin, valley), ברור (certain, clarification, clarity, clear, clearing, consideration, evident, evidently, explanation, implicit, manifest, obvious, obviously, patent, selection, sharp, straightforward). (various references)

Hungarian		világos (as clear as daylight, as easy as falling off a log, bright, broad, clear, clear-cut, crystal clear, distinct, explicit, it is clear that, lager, legible, light, lightning-like, lucid, luminous, pellucid, perspicuous, self-evident, simple, that is easy to see, transparent, white), síkság (flat, level copuntry), alföld (flat, low, lowland, lowlands). (various references)

Icelandic		skýr (clear, distinct, obvious). (various references)

Indonesian		sederhana (artless, austere, frugal, homely, humble, simple, temperate, unostentatious, unpretentious), lugu (rube, simple, unadorned), dataran (level land), datar (superficial). (various references)

Italian		piano (arrangement, deck, design, even, flat, floor, gently, in a low voice, level, level land, map, piano, plan, plane, plot, project, schedule, scheme, shallow, slow, smooth, storey, story, tabulate, tier), pianura (flat, flat land, flatness, level, lowland, peneplain, rank), nudo (bare, naked, nude, stripped), liscio (bald, glib, lank, makeup, neat, simple, sleek, slick, smooth, smoothly, straightforward, swimmingly, undeluted), distinto (articulate, articulately, clear, discrete, distinct, distinguished, distinguishing, explicit, genteel, lucid, obvious, separate). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		露骨 (blunt, broad, conspicuous, frank, open, outspoken, suggestive), 粗末 (crude, humble, rough), 原 (field, moor, prairie, tundra, wilderness), 淡白 (candid, frank, indifferent, ingenuous, light color, simple, taste), 平ら (calm, flatness, level, sitting, smooth). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		れきぜんたる (clear, distinct), はら (abdomen, belly, field, moor, prairie, stomach, tundra, wilderness), はらっぱ (empty lot, open field), へいち (juxtaposition, level ground, placing side by side), へいげん (moor, prairie), へいや (open field), へいい (easy, military power, shabby clothes, simple, worn out clothes), じみ (nourishment, nutriment, rich food, savoriness, simple, wholesome), げんや (field, moor, waste land, wilderness), ようい (easy, hip measurement, mysterious occurrence, preparation, simple), やさしい (affectionate, amiable, easy, gentle, graceful, kind, simple, suave, tender), むじ (unfigured), ろこつ (blunt, broad, conspicuous, frank, open, outspoken, suggestive), ていち (anchorage, bottom land, depression, fixed, investigating, low, low ground, lowlands, spying), あきらか (clear, evident, obvious), たいら (calm, flatness, level, sitting tailor fashion, smooth), かんそ (simplicity), かざりけのない (unaffected), ぶさいく (clumsy, homely, poor shape), ひらち (level ground), ひらたい (even, flat, level, simple), しょうしょうたる (bright, clear, obvious), そまつ (crude, humble, rough), なんのへんてつもない (commonplace, ordinary), プレイン , プレーン (plane), すどおし (transparent), たんぱく (candid, egg white, frank, indifferent, ingenuous, light, protein, simple), たんたん (disinterested, level, light, peaceful, vigilant hostility), めいりょう (clarity, clear, lucid). (various references)

Korean		평야 (Plains). (various references)

Lombard		pianura, ciar (clear, distinct, obvious). (various references)

Malay		nyata (clear, distinct, obvious). (various references)

Manx		thalloo rea, strah (level valley, strath), rea (clear, clear as water, continuously, easy of manner, facile, flat, horizontal, level, male sheep, plane, ram, regularly, sleek, smooth, steady, tup; even), neuwoyagh (unbeautiful, uncomely), neuchialgagh (guileless, simple, undeceitful, unfeigned), neuchast, magh (exit, forth, out, outboard, outdoors, outward, outwards), cheer rea, blaare, baghtal (clear, definable, distinct, implicit, noticeable, obvious). (various references)

Norwegian		klar (clear, distinct, limpid, liquid, lucid, obvious). (various references)

Papiamen		kla (clear, distinct, finished, obvious, ready, through). (various references)

Pig Latin		ainplay.(various references)

Portuguese		planície (champaign, flat, lowland, plains), claro (articulate, bright, broad, certain, clean, clear, clearly, distinct, evident, fair, flyaway, fresh, light, lightsome, limpid, lucent, lucid, luculent, neat, obvious, open, open-and-shut, overt, pellucid, perspicuous, plainspoken, pure, self-explanatory, simple, slip-on, specific, tangible, transparent, transpicuous, unambiguous, unclouded, unequivocal, unmistakable, water-repellent, watertight), liso (even-minded, flat, glossy, hard-up, lank, level, plane, sleek, sleeky, slick, smooth, unruffled). (various references)

Romanian		plan (contrivance, counsel, design, device, disposition, draft, even, idea, intention, level, map, meaning, outline, plan, plane, program, programme, project, proposal, schedule, scheme, scheming, skeleton, syllabus, tabular), sincer (above board, artless, authentic, blunt, candid, candidly, childlike, devout, downright, fair, forthright, Frank, frankly, freehearted, free-spoken, genuine, guileless, heartfelt, heart-whole, hearty, honest, honestly, ingenuous, kind, open, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, overt, plainly, right-down, round, sincere, single, straight, straightforward, true, truly, truthful, undisguised, unfeigned, unpretending, unreserved, well-meant), simplu (agrestic, artless, austere, average, bald, bare, common, easy, elementary, grave, home-bred, homely, homespun, humble, humbly, mere, modest, natural, neat, patriarchal, plainly, primitive, pure, quiet, ready, russet, segregate, simple, simple minded, simply, single, singular, soft-headed, straight, straightforward, unaffected, unassuming, undisguised, unpretending, unpretentious, unsophisticated, unvarnished), neted (clear, even, evenly, flat, flush, lank, level ground, plane, polished, sleek, slick, smooth, smooth-faced, smoothly), modest (cheap, demure, diffident, discreet, frugal, grave, homely, humble, humbly, low, lowly, maiden, maidenly, modest, quakerish, quiet, retiring, simple, unassuming, unobtrusive, unpretending, unpretentious), lizibil (clean, legible, readable), limpede (avowedly, bright, clear, crystal, definite, distinct, evident, expressly, fair, honest, lightsome, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, manifestly, nakedly, obvious, overt, patently, perspicuous, perspicuously, precise, pure, serene, sheer, sure), lãsãturã, evident (apparent, apparently, broad, clear, conspicuous, evident, explicit, it must be, manifestly, marked, nakedly, obvious, obviously, palpable, patent, patently, prominent, sightly, visible), drept (as, attribution, claim, correct, Dexter, direct, directly, due, end on, endways, equitable, erect, even, evenly, exactly, fair, fairly, for, forthright, honest, just, justice, justly, kind, law, legitimate, patent, permission, point blank, precisely, privilege, real, reasonable, right, right foot, right leg, righteous, Square, stand, stand up, straight, straightforward, true, truly, truthful, unprejudiced, upright), clar (apparent, apparently, articulate, banner, bright, broad, clean, clear, clear-cut, clearly, comprehensible, decided, definite, distinct, distinctly, evident, explicit, express, fair, flat, formal, Frank, incisive, legible, level headed, lightsome, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, marked, obvious, obviously, palpable, patently, pellucid, perspicuous, plainly, precise, pure, serene, simple, sound, tangible, terse, unequivocal, unmistakable), cîmpie, câmpie (flat, level, plane), câmp (acre, field, ground, range, scope, sphere). (various references)

Russian		ясно (articulately, avowedly, clear, clearly, definitely, distinctly, expressly, it is clear, perspicuously), яркий (bright, clear, colorable, colorful, colourful, distinct, flare, gay, glaring, glowing, lucid, pictorial, picturesque, psychedelic, shiny, showy, sinewy, sunbright, vivid, zippy), равнина простой;гладкий, равнина (champaign, field, level), откровенно (frankly, openly, overtly, plainly, straight from the shoulder), одноцветный (monochromatic, of one color, of one colour, self-colored, self-coloured, whole-colored, whole-coloured), невзрачный (homely, insignificant, unpresentable), незатейливый (simple), незамысловатый (inornate), прямой (candid, direct, downright, erect, face-to-face, first hand, first-level, flat, forthright, free-spoken, lank, outright, outspoken, peer-to-peer, plain dealer, straight, straight out, straightaway, straighted, straightforward, straight-out, up and down, upright). (various references)

Scottish		raon (a field, a green, field), réidh (arranged, level, ready, smooth, uninterrupted), magh (a plain, field, level country), machair (a plain, field, level country), learg , leirg, dail (a dale, a wooden collar for cattle, field, meadow), còmhnard (even, level), àraich (field, field of battle, nurse). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		poprište (battlefield, place), razgovetno (clear, clearly), ravnica (dead level, pampas, prairie, wold), otvoren (above board, blunt, candid, downright, forthright, heart-to-heart, open, open-faced, openhearted, outdoor, outgoing, out-of-door, outspoken, overt, plainspoken, sightly, through, unclosed, undisguised), ordinaran (ordinary), običan (common, habitual, ordinary, prosaic, quotidian, unexceptionable, unexceptional, usual), neprivlačan (unappetizing, unattractive, uninviting, unlovely), jednostavan (easy, go easy, modest, simple, uncomplicated), jasno (clear, clearly, distinctly, manifestly, obviously, plainly), jasan (bright, broad, clear, distinct, downright, manifest, obvious, perspicuous, sharp cut, vivid), čist (clean, clear, fine, fresh, limpid, mere, neat, net, pure, sheer, spotless, tidy, unadulterated, unmixed, unspotted). (various references)

Spanish		llanura (expanse, expansion, flatness, lowness, prairie), llano (easy, even, flat, homely, homespun, informal, level, shallow, simple, smooth), evidente (apparent, axiomatic, axiomatical, blatant, clear, distinct, evident, manifest, noticeable, obvious, open and shut, overt, palpable, patent, plain as a pikestaff, positive, self evident, self-apparent), claro (apparent, break, bright, bright interval, broad, celestial, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, clearing, clearly, crystal clear, dainty, definite, direct, discharged, distinct, evident, fair, gap, glade, it is clear, light, lightsome, liquid, obvious, of course, opening, pellucid, precise, rift, sure, thin, transparent, unshadowed, weak). (various references)

Swedish		slätt (bad, miserable, nasty, plateau, poor, smoothly), tydlig (apparent, articulate, clear, direct, distinct, distinguishable, emphatic, evident, explicit, express, fair, legible, luminous, manifest, marked, obvious, patent, perspicuous, pronounced, sharp, simple, unmistakable, visible), vanlig (accustomed, common, customary, familiar, frequent, habitual, ordinary, ornery, regular, straight, unexceptional, used to, usual, wonted), slät (even, flat, level, mediocre, poor, sleek, slick, smooth), simpel (base, common, ignoble, low, menial, plebeian, simple, sordid, straightforward, vulgar), fält (course, field, fields, panel, scope, sphere), enkel (artless, bald, easy, elemental, elementary, facile, folksy, frugal, homely, homespun, humble, jejune, obvious, one-fold, open and shut, primitive, rough, simple, single, straightforward, unadorned, uncomplicated, unvarnished). (various references)

Tagalog		maliwánag (clear, distinct, obvious), malínaw (clear, distinct, obvious). (various references)

Turkish		engebesiz, açık (aboveground, apparent, articulate, avowed, bare, blank, broad, candid, categorical, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, cloudless, confessed, decided, declared, decollete, deficiency, deficient, deficient amount, deficit, definite, definitive, direct, distinct, downright, evident, expansive, explicit, exposed, express, expressly, fair, forthright, free, gaping, hospitable, in blank, light, loose, lucent, lucid, luminous, obvious, open, open air, open ended, outdoor, outright, overt, pale, patent, perspicuous, point blank, precise, raw, revealing, round, serene, shadowless, shirt-sleeve, shortage, shortfall, spread, Square, straightforward, swinging, translucent, unambiguous, unashamed, unclouded, uncomplicated, unconcealed, uncovered, uncrossed, undisguised, unequivocal, unlocked, unmistakable, unobstructed, unprotected, unsealed, upfront, vacant, visible, well-marked, wide open, wishywashy), açik (above-board, absence, bright, clear, clearly, deficiency, deficit, distinct, free, lack, light, obvious, of course, open, serene, shortage, shortcoming, sincere, unbiased, unchecked, untroubled, vacant), anlaxilir (clear, distinct, obvious, understandable), axíkâr (clear, distinct, evident, obvious), belírgín (clear, distinct, evident, obvious), berrak (bright, brillant, clear, crystalline, distinct, just, limpid, liquid, lucent, lucid, obvious, pellucid, serene, silvery, speaking, unclouded), dürüst (above board, candid, christian, conscientious, dinkum, direct, downright, fair, faithful, Frank, guileless, honest, incorruptible, jannock, just, level, moral, on the square, open, regular, right, righteous, right-minded, sincere, single minded, single-hearted, sporting, Square, straight, straight as a die, straight out, straightforward, upfront, upright, upstanding, virtuous), düz (even, flat, flatways, flatwise, flush, horizontal, level, plane, platy-, right, slick, smooth, straight), çirkin (beastly, eldritch, flagrant, foul, god-awful, heinous, hideous, homely, horrid, ill-favored, ill-favoured, inelegant, misshapen, nasty, nefarious, obnoxious, seamy, shapeless, ugly, unattractive, uncomely, uncouth, unhandsome, unlovely, unpleasant, unsightly), desensiz (unprinted), yalın bir dille (in plain language), gösterişsiz (chaste, conservative, fluffy, homely, homespun, modest, poor looking, rustic, simple, sober, undemanding, unostentatious, unpretending, unpretentious), net (clear, just, net, sharp), ova (Coomb, Coombe, lowland, meadow), süssüz (austere, unadorned, undecked, unvarnished), sade (artless, austere, bald, bare, chaste, frugal, frugally, homely, homespun, just, mere, merely, only, pure, rustic, severe, simple, simplificative, sober, stark, unadorned, unmixed, unsophisticated), sade bir biçimde, su katılmamış (jolly, Plumb, undiluted), yalın (bald, bare, naked, nominative, severe, simple, simplex, simplificative, unvarnished, vivid), düzlük (esplanade, evenness, Fen, flat, flatness, floor, level, plainness, platform, straight). (various references)

Turkmen		takyr (lank), яцnekeя (easy, simple). (various references)

Ukrainian		ясно (brightly, clear, clearly, evidently, explicitly, fair, finely, neatly, obviously, roger, serenely), ясний (articulate, categorical, clean-cut, clear, cloudless, coherent, definite, determinate, distinct, elegant, explicative, explicatory, fine, limpid, lucid, neat, nude, obvious, orotund, pellucid, perspicuous, robust, trenchant), рівнина (champaign, flat, level), розбірливо (legibly), відверто (above board, avowedly, baldly, barely, broadly, confessedly, explicitly, frankly, freely, in public, open-heartedly, openly, outright, outspokenly, plainly, professedly, unreservedly, without reserve), відвертий (above board, candid, direct, expansive, forthright, free-hearted, nude, open, outgiving, outright, outspoken, plainspoken, professed, self-confessed, unreserved, upstanding), очевидний (apparent, demonstrable, direct, downright, evident, evidential, gross, manifest, necessary, obvious, open, ostensible, overt, palpable, plum, pronounced, questionless, self evident, transparent, uncontested, unmistakable, utter), зрозумілий (apprehensible, clear, coherent, comprehensible, conceivable, fool-proof, intelligible, legible, lucid, natural, obvious, pellucid, perspicuous, transparent, understandable, understood), простий (artless, austere, babyish, bald, bare, childlike, mere, onefold, ordinary, primary, prime, run of the mill, shirt-sleeve, simple, stateless, straightforward, unaffected, unartful, unceremonious, unsophisticated). (various references)

Vietnamese		thường; đơn sơ mộc mạc, rõ rệt đơn giản, rõ ràng (apodeictic, apodictic, apodictical, apparent, axiomatic, axiomatical, clear-cut, clearly, conspicuous, conspicuously, discriminate, discriminative, explicit, indubitable, limpid, lucid, luculent, manifest, marked, notorious, obvious, open, patently, pronounced, self-apparent, tangible, transparent, visibly, well-marked), ngay thẳng; thẳng thắn trơn, một màu xấu, chất phác (bluff, simple-minded, unsophisticated), đồng bằng (champaign). (various references)

Welsh		plaen (blunt, clear, plane), rhos (heath, moor), maestir (open country), gwastatir (level ground), gwastadedd, eglur (apparent, bold, clear, evident), diaddurn (rude, unadorned), croyw (clear, fresh, new, unleavened), clir (clear, distinct), amlwg (apparent, clear, evident, famous, manifest, obvious, prominent). (various references)

Yucatec		saas (clear, distinct, obvious), hanil (clean, clear, distinct, obvious, pure). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Plain

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	1. edin. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	campus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Plain

Language	Date	Source	Proverbs Chapter 8, Verse 9
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Panta enwpia toiV suniousin kai orqa toiV euriskousi gnwsin
Latin	405	Vulgate	Recti sunt intellegentibus et aequi invenientibus scientiam
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Riyte thei ben to vnderstondende men; and euene to men findende kunnyng.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Plain

Language	Proverbs Chapter 8, Verse 9
Cebuano	Silang tanan matin-aw alang kaniya nga makasabut, Ug matarung alang kanila nga nakakaplag sa kahibalo.
Chinese	有聰明的以為明顯、得知識的以為正直．
Croatian	Sve su one jasne razboritomu i pravedne onomu tko je stekao spoznaju.
Danish	de er alle ligetil for den kloge, retvise for dem der vandt Indsigt
Dutch	Zij zijn alle recht voor dengene, die verstandig is, en rechtmatig voor degenen, die wetenschap vinden.
Finnish	Ne ovat kaikki oikeat ymmärtäväiselle, suorat niille, jotka löysivät tiedon.
French	Toutes sont claires pour celui qui est intelligent, Et droites pour ceux qui ont trouvé la science.
German	Sie sind alle gerade denen, die sie verstehen, und richtig denen, die es annehmen wollen.
Hungarian	Mind egyenesek az értelmesnek, és igazak azoknak, kik megnyerték a tudományt.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Bagi orang cerdas, perkataanku benar, bagi orang yang arif, perkataanku tepat.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Benarlah sekaliannya bagi orang yang berbudi dan berpatutanpun bagi orang yang menuntut pengetahuan.
Italian	tutte sono leali per chi le comprende e rette per chi possiede la scienza.
Korean	이 는 다 총 명 있 는 자 의 밝 히 아 는 바 요 지 식 얻 은 자 의 정 직 히 여 기 는 바 니 라
Maori	Ko enei katoa he marama ki te tangata e matau ana, he tika ki te hunga i kitea ai te mohio.
Norwegian	De er alle sammen likefremme for den forstandige og rette for dem som har funnet kunnskap.
Portuguese	Todas elas são retas para o que bem as entende, e justas para os que acham o conhecimento.
Rumanian	Toate sknt lqmurite pentru cel priceput, wi drepte pentru ceice au gqsit wtiinya.
Russian	ЧУЕ ПОЙ СУОЩ ДМС ТБЪХНОПЗП Й УРТБЧЕДМЙЧЩ ДМС РТЙПВТЕФЫЙИ ЪОБОЙЕ.
Spanish	Todas ellas son correctas al que entiende, y rectas a los que han hallado el conocimiento.
Swedish	De äro alla sanna för den förståndige och rätta för dem som hava funnit kunskap.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Plain

Derivations
	Words beginning with "plain": plainchant, plainchants, plainclothes, plainclothesman, plainclothesmen, plained, plainer, plainest, plaining, plainly, plainness, plainnesses, plains, plainsman, plainsmen, plainsong, plainsongs, plainspoken, plainspokenness, plainspokennesses, plaint, plaintext, plaintexts, plaintful, plaintiff, plaintiffs, plaintive, plaintively, plaintiveness, plaintivenesses, plaints. (additional references)
	Words ending with "plain": chaplain, complain, explain, floodplain, overexplain, peneplain. (additional references)
	Words containing "plain": chaplaincies, chaplaincy, chaplains, complainant, complainants, complained, complainer, complainers, complaining, complainingly, complains, complaint, complaints, countercomplaint, countercomplaints, explainable, explained, explainer, explainers, explaining, explains, floodplains, inexplainable, overexplained, overexplaining, overexplains, peneplains, uncomplaining, uncomplainingly, unexplainable, unexplained. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Plain" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alain, eplain, palan, palin, palina, Palinn, pallina, palon, pelagian, pelagin, phain, Pilai, Piliavin, pladin, plai, plaig, plaine, plair, plais, Planig, plann, plarn, plau, playin, playn, playne, pleai, plebin, pleen, Pleni, pleon, plia, plians, plien, plin, plinz, Pliun, plooin, plotin, plugin, Polunin, prain, Pwani, pylai, pylian, tlian, vlain. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Plain"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "plain" (pronounced plā"n)
4	p l ā" n	complain, explain, plane.
3	-l ā" n	alane, blain, delaine, lain, Lane, slain.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Plain

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: lapin.
	Words within the letters "a-i-l-n-p"
	-1 letter: anil, lain, lipa, nail, nipa, pail, pain, pial, pian, pina, plan.
	-2 letters: ail, ain, alp, ani, lap, lin, lip, nap, nil, nip, pal, pan, pia, pin.
	-3 letters: ai, al, an, in, la, li, na, pa, pi.
	Words containing the letters "a-i-l-n-p"
	+1 letter: alpine, caplin, lapins, paling, paulin, penial, pineal, pinnal, plains, plaint, pliant, spinal.
	+2 letters: alpines, biplane, capelin, caplins, elapine, explain, graplin, impanel, implant, inaptly, inclasp, jalapin, lamping, lampion, lapping, lapsing, lapwing, leaping, maniple, misplan, nauplii, nuptial, opaline, paginal, painful, paladin, palings, palling, palming, panicle, pantile, parling, paulins, pealing, pelican, pinball, pineals, pinnula, pintail, pinwale, placing, plained, plainer, plainly, plaints, planing, planish, plasmin, platina, plating, playing, pliancy, pluvian, praline, ptyalin, salpian, salpinx, sapling, spaniel, spinals, spinula, splenia, ulpanim, unplait.
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Domain	Definition
Computing	PLAIN Programming LAnguage for INteraction. Pascal-like, with extensions for database, string handling, exceptions and pattern matching. "Revised Report on the Programming Language PLAIN", A. Wasserman, SIGPLAN Notices 6(5):59-80 (May 1981). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Bible	Plain (1.) Heb. 'abel (Judg. 11:33), a "grassy plain" or "meadow." Instead of "plains of the vineyards," as in the Authorized Version, the Revised Version has "Abel-cheramim" (q.v.), comp. Judg. 11:22; 2 Chr. 16:4. (2.) Heb. 'elon (Gen. 12:6; 13:18; 14:13; 18:1; Deut. 11:30; Judg. 9:6), more correctly "oak," as in the Revised Version; margin, "terebinth." (3.) Heb. bik'ah (Gen. 11:2; Neh. 6:2; Ezek. 3:23; Dan. 3:1), properly a valley, as rendered in Isa. 40:4, a broad plain between mountains. In Amos 1:5 the margin of Authorized Version has "Bikathaven." (4.) Heb. kikar, "the circle," used only of the Ghor, or the low ground along the Jordan (Gen. 13:10-12; 19:17, 25, 28, 29; Deut. 34:3; 2 Sam. 18:23; 1 Kings 7:46; 2 Chr. 4:17; Neh. 3:22; 12:28), the floor of the valley through which it flows. This name is applied to the Jordan valley as far north as Succoth. (5.) Heb. mishor, "level ground," smooth, grassy table-land (Deut. 3:10; 4:43; Josh. 13:9, 16, 17, 21; 20:8; Jer. 48:21), an expanse of rolling downs without rock or stone. In these passages, with the article prefixed, it denotes the plain in the tribe of Reuben. In 2 Chr. 26:10 the plain of Judah is meant. Jerusalem is called "the rock of the plain" in Jer. 21:13, because the hills on which it is built rise high above the plain. (6.) Heb. 'arabah, the valley from the Sea of Galilee southward to the Dead Sea (the "sea of the plain," 2 Kings 14:25; Deut. 1:1; 2:8), a distance of about 70 miles. It is called by the modern Arabs the Ghor. This Hebrew name is found in Authorized Version (Josh. 18:18), and is uniformly used in the Revised Version. Down through the centre of this plain is a ravine, from 200 to 300 yards wide, and from 50 to 100 feet deep, through which the Jordan flows in a winding course. This ravine is called the "lower plain." The name Arabah is also applied to the whole Jordan valley from Mount Hermon to the eastern branch of the Red Sea, a distance of about 200 miles, as well as to that portion of the valley which stretches from the Sea of Galilee to the same branch of the Red Sea, i.e., to the Gulf of Akabah about 100 miles in all. (7.) Heb. shephelah, "low ground," "low hill-land," rendered "vale" or "valley" in Authorized Version (Josh. 9:1; 10:40; 11:2; 12:8; Judg. 1:9; 1 Kings 10:27). In Authorized Version (1 Chr. 27:28; 2 Chr. 26:10) it is also rendered "low country." In Jer. 17:26, Obad. 1:19, Zech. 7:7, "plain." The Revised Version renders it uniformly "low land." When it is preceded by the article, as in Deut. 1:7, Josh. 11:16; 15:33, Jer. 32:44; 33:13, Zech. 7:7, "the shephelah," it denotes the plain along the Mediterranean from Joppa to Gaza, "the plain of the Philistines." (See VALLEY.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Dream Interpretation	For a young woman to dream of crossing a plain, denotes that she will be fortunately situated, if the grasses are green and luxuriant; if they are arid, or the grass is dead, she will have much discomfort and loneliness. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Literature	Plain (The). The Girondists were so called in the National Convention, because they sat on the level floor or plain of the hall. After the overthrow of the Girondists this part of the House was called the marsh or swamp (marais), and included such members as were under the control of the Mountain (q.v.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Mining	A. An extent of level, or nearly level, land; a region not noticeably diversified with mountains, hills, or valleys b. A flat, gently sloping or nearly level region of the sea floor. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Simplicity	Adjective: simple, plain; homely, homespun; ordinary, household.
Ugliness	Adjective: ugly, ugly as sin, ugly as a toad, ugly as a scarecrow, ugly as a dead monkey; plain, bald (unadorned); homely; ordinary, unornamental, inartistic; unsightly, unseemly, uncomely, unlovely; unshapely; sightless, seemless; not fit to be seen;
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Just plain ho. (Biloxi Blues; writing credit: Neil Simon) I don't know if Hal is homicidal, suicidal, neurotic, psychotic, or just plain broken (2010; writing credit: Arthur C. Clarke; Peter Hyams) That just plain sucked (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) You shouldn't leave the Rolls out there in plain view (The Mephisto Waltz; writing credit: Ben Maddow; Fred Mustard Stewart) I'd like an omelet, plain, and a chicken salad sandwich on wheat toast, no mayonnaise, no butter, no lettuce (Five Easy Pieces; writing credit: Carole Eastman; Bob Rafelson)
Lyrics	Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost (Falling For The First Time; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies) Clear simple and plain (Glycerine; performing artist: Bush) And I know, yes I know that it's plain to see (You're the Inspiration; performing artist: Chicago) Just a plain and simple chapel (Crying in the Chapel; performing artist: Elvis Presley) It was plain to see that your life was lost ("The Message"; performing artist: Grandmaster Flash)
Movie/TV Titles	The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising (1963) Just Plain Folks (1936) Plain and Fancy Girls (1925) Just Plain Folks (1916) The Fable of High Faluting Tillie and Her Plain Parents (1915)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	The 2000-2005 Outlook for Sheer, Plain Hosiery in Asia (reference) The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Crackers and Plain Biscuits (reference) The World Market for Letter Cards, Plain Postcards, and Correspondence Cards Made of Paper or Paperboard: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Sarah, Plain and Tall (reference) A plain and complete grammar with the English accidence, 1772 (reference) Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English (reference) Plain Talk About Money: A Common Sense Approach to Accumulating Wealth and Keeping It (reference) Foxfire 4: Fiddle Making, Springouses, Horse Trading, Sassafras Tea, Berry Buckets, Gardening, and Further Affairs of Plain Living (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Cpt Plain (reference) Plain Dealer (reference) Plain English Economics (reference) Plain Facts - Includes Audio Cassette (reference) Times Plain Dealer (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Pirates of the Plain (reference) Plain Jane (reference) Sarah, Plain & Tall Collection (reference) Sarah Plain & Tall Trilogy (reference) Sarah, Plain and Tall (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Cadenza on the Night Plain [IMPORT] (reference) For Kids and Just Plain Folks (reference) Plain Sweeping Themes for the Unprepared (reference) Hidden in Plain Sight (reference) Traditional Fiddle Music: On the Springfield Plain (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Panasonic KX-FL501 Laser Plain Paper Multi-Function (reference) Panasonic Plain Paper Fax Combo (KX-FPG371) (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Global 8-Slot Stainless-Steel Knife Holder, Plain (reference) B & C Eagle 238X113/22 2-3/8" x .113 Plain Shank Nail (5000-Pack) (reference) B & C Eagle 312X131/33 3-1/2" x .131 Plain Shank Nail (2500-Pack) (reference) B & C Eagle A312X131/22 3-1/2" x .131 Plain Shank (500/box) (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	(2) color slides show a single, square cut brownie. (1) plain chocolate, (1) with nuts. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).		(3) color slides of a single muffin. (2) blueberry, (1) plain. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).
	Viking 2 Image of Mars Utopian Plain. Credit: NASA.		The camp at Plain View Delightful gopher story as caption of photo Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Freshwater vegetation on the Chenier Plain not far from Sabine River and Texas border. Credit: America's Coastlines.		Federal and state scientists evaluating potential restoration project on the Chenier Plain not far from Sabine River and Texas border. Credit: America's Coastlines.
	A sun pillar forms as the sun rises over the Arctic plain. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.		Brooks Range visible miles away over the flat Arctic plain Such views lend credence to the flat earth theory Just kidding!. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	Construction equipment was moved out of the flood plain, after construction completed but before the November 4th flooding event that brought the chum salmon into the system. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.		A group of students plant along the flood plain. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.


"Plain white rapper 2" by Loretta Humble Commentary: "Boy with one of those rapper things."	"Plain 1" by Vi Xs Commentary: "Plain 1."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Author	Quotation
Alexander Pope	Why has not man a microscopic eye? For the plain reason man is not a fly.
Butler	In books, it is the chief of all perfections to be plain and brief.
Francis Bacon	Virtue is like a rich stone -- best plain set.
Francois Rabelais	Plain as a nose in a man's face.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu	Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my dear, kiss me and be quiet.
Oliver Goldsmith	It seemed to me pretty plain, that they had more of love than matrimony in them.
Oscar Wilde	Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.
Ralph Waldo Emerson	A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us.
	Nothing astonishes people so much as common sense and plain dealing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	I thought him very plain at first, but I do not think him so plain now.
Three Voices	Carroll, Lewis	She felt that her defeat was plain, Yet madly strove with might and main To get the upper hand again
A Christmas Carol	Dickens, Charles	It opened before them, and disclosed a long, bare, melancholy room, made barer still by lines of plain deal forms and desks
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	It was plain enough to discern, that the old fellows dreaded some such discourtesy at my hands
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	This was plain from the entire absence of young priests about him.
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	Simple, plain Clarence, I do love thee so That I will shortly send thy soul to heaven, If heaven will take the present at our hands
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	The head upraised and peered over the wall to the broad smooth plain of cement
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	The clothes and food of the children are plain and simple
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	Cape becomes bar, and plain shoal, and valley and gorge deep water and channel
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Follow with a plain water rinse. (references)
		Warm tub or sitz baths several times a day in plain, warm water for about 10 minutes. (references)
		Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia can often be seen in a plain X-ray picture of the skeleton. (references)
Business		Customers prefer copiers that offer options for plain paper fax, laser printer and scanner all in one machine. (references)
		Plain language and a clear description of the coverage, in life insurance for example, are priorities for the consumer in making his final decision amidst varied competition. (references)
		The plain white table linen with minimal woven or embroidered pattern is still predominant in hospitality applications (private as well as commercial) but is declining in importance. (references)
Children	Belize	In 1998 the National Assembly passed the Families and Children Act, and in 1999 the National Organization for the Prevention of Child Abuse (NOPCA), an NGO, published a handbook for the public that outlines in plain language the provisions of the law. (references)
Economic History	Mexico	There are approximately 50 billboard companies in Mexico offering various kinds of billboards ranging from plain paper billboards to electronically controlled billboards. (references)
	Equatorial Guinea	Behind the coastal plain, the mainland provinces are hilly at a level of approximately 2,000 feet, with some 4,000 foot peaks. (references)
Human Rights	Yugoslavia	Special police in plain clothes were involved in violence against opposition supporters. (references)
	Nepal	According to human rights activists, the arresting policeman usually is in plain clothes, and police habitually deny any knowledge of the re-arrest or of the subject's whereabouts. (references)
	Gambia	On January 16, soldiers shot and killed a soldier in plain clothes who they mistook for a drug trafficker in Omorto, a small border village in the Western Division. (references)
Trade	El Salvador	K. Plain silver coins of less than 0.900 purity. (references)
Travel	Philippines	Gifts range from baskets of goodies to company giveaways to plain calendars. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	HEAD-:MONEY:, n. A capitation tax, or poll-tax. In ancient times there lived a king Whose tax-collectors could not wring From all his subjects gold enough To make the royal way less rough. For pleasure's highway, like the dames Whose premises adjoin it, claims Perpetual repairing. So The tax-collectors in a row Appeared before the throne to pray Their master to devise some way To swell the revenue. "So great," Said they, "are the demands of state A tithe of all that we collect Will scarcely meet them. Pray reflect: How, if one-tenth we must resign, Can we exist on t'other nine?" The monarch asked them in reply: "Has it occurred to you to try The advantage of economy?" "It has," the spokesman said: "we sold All of our gray garrotes of gold; With plated-ware we now compress The necks of those whom we assess. Plain iron forceps we employ To mitigate the miser's joy Who hoards, with greed that never tires, That which your Majesty requires." Deep lines of thought were seen to plow Their way across the royal brow. "Your state is desperate, no question; Pray favor me with a suggestion." "O King of Men," the spokesman said, "If you'll impose upon each head A tax, the augmented revenue We'll cheerfully divide with you." As flashes of the sun illume The parted storm-cloud's sullen gloom, The king smiled grimly. "I decree That it be so -- and, not to be In generosity outdone, Declare you, each and every one, Exempted from the operation Of this new law of capitation. But lest the people censure me Because they're bound and you are free, 'Twere well some clever scheme were laid By you this poll-tax to evade. I'll leave you now while you confer With my most trusted minister." The monarch from the throne-room walked And straightway in among them stalked A silent man, with brow concealed, Bare-armed -- his gleaming axe revealed! G.J.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Katie Couric	Well, first of all, you know, a lot of the stuff that was in the press was just plain wrong. You know, people speculate, then one thing gets printed, and then everybody prints the same thing.
Nancy Grace	What Corinthians said is, Without love, you are nothing. That is plain and simple. All the noise and the yelling and the clanging cymbals I've heard comes from right over there. And what I want to do is calmly go through the evidence with you.
Rush Limbaugh	Democrats Are Leaving Dark Side In Droves: According to our audience research, conversions like Mark's are happening in tremendous numbers all across the fruited plain.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	According to this plain constitutional provision, the claim of the bank can never be paid without an appropriation by act of Congress.
James Buchanan	1857-1861	In our intercourse with them there are some plain principles, approved by our own experience, from which we should never depart.
Benjamin Harrison	1889-1893	The community that by concert, open or secret, among its citizens denies to a portion of its members their plain rights under the law has severed the only safe bond of social order and prosperity.
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	We have won a great war--we, the nations of plain people who hate war.
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	We've made a good start on turning the gobbledygook of Federal regulations into plain English that people can understand.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	Rather, it involves an expenditure of American spirit and just plain American grit.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	63.73%	1,357	5,865
Noun (singular)	23.32%	496	12,115
Noun (proper)	6.95%	148	25,903
Adverb (general)	6.01%	128	28,261
Total	100.00%	2,129	N/A

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Plain	Last name	1,000	16,401
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "plain".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Sharon	N/A	Biblical	His plain
Shaveh	N/A	Biblical	The plain
Shari	N/A	English	His plain
Sharona	N/A	English	His plain
Sharron	N/A	English	His plain
Sharyn	N/A	English	His plain
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Plain

Definition: Plain

Plain

Adjective

Adverb

Noun

Verb

Specialty Definition: Plain

Specialty Definition: Plain

Plain, Wisconsin

Geography

Demographics

Synonyms: Plain

Synonyms within Context: Plain

Simplicity

Ugliness

Crosswords: Plain

Modern Usage: Plain

Screenplays

Lyrics

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Plain

References

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

High Tech

Consumer Goods

Image Slideshow: Plain

Photos:Plain

Illustrations:Plain

Computer Images:Plain

Photo Album: Plain

Digital Photo Gallery: Plain

Familiar Quotations: Plain

Alexander Pope

Butler

Francis Bacon

Francois Rabelais

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Oliver Goldsmith

Oscar Wilde

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Historic Usage: Plain

John Locke

Marbury v. Madison

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Use in Literature: Plain

Emma

Austen, Jane

Three Voices

Carroll, Lewis

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Plain

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Spoken Usage: Plain

Katie Couric

Nancy Grace

Rush Limbaugh

Speeches: Plain

Andrew Jackson

James Buchanan

Benjamin Harrison

Harry S. Truman

Jimmy Carter

Photos:
Plain

Illustrations:
Plain

Computer Images:
Plain