main

/meɪn/ · verb

Meaning

Short for mainline.
To mainly play a specific character, or side, during a game.
Of a road: to convert into a main or primary road.
Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.
(of force, strength, etc.) Full, sheer, undivided.
Big; angry.
Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.
Great in size or degree; important, powerful, strong, vast.
Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much.
That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main.
Short for main course.
The high seas.
The mainland.
Short for mainsail.
A hand or match in a game of dice.
The largest throw in a match at dice; in the game of hazard, a number from one to nine called out by a person before the dice are thrown.
A stake played for at dice.
A sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match.
A banker's shovel for coins.
A basket for gathering grapes.

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