main | |
1. adj. Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal. | |
2. adj. Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part. | |
Synonyms: largest | |
main timbers main branch of a river main body of an army | |
3. adj. Of force, strength, etc.: full, sheer, undivided. | |
4. adj. (dialectal) Big; angry. | |
5. adj. (nautical) Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel. | |
6. adj. (obsolete) Great in size or degree; important, powerful, strong, vast. | |
7. adv. (Britain, dialectal) Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much. | |
8. v. (short for, mainline, , to inject (a drug) directly into a vein) | |
9. v. (transitive, gaming) To mainly play a specific character, or side, during a game. | |
He mains the same character as me in that game. | |
What race do you main and what is your favourite race to beat? | |
10. v. (obsolete) Of a road: to convert into a main or primary road. | |
11. n. That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross. | |
12. n. (video gaming) The primary character that one plays in a video game in which one can play more than one character. | |
My WoW main has reached level cap and I’m on my way getting my first alt there as well. | |
13. n. A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main. | |
14. n. (informal) (short for, main course, , the principal dish of a meal) | |
I had scampi and chips for my main and a slice of cheesecake for dessert. | |
15. n. (now poetic) The high seas. | |
16. n. (now archaic, US dialectal) The mainland. | |
17. n. (nautical) (short for, mainsail) | |
18. n. (obsolete, except in might and main) Force, power, strength, violent effort. | |
19. n. (obsolete, gaming) A hand or match in a game of dice. | |
20. n. (obsolete, gaming) 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. | |
21. n. (obsolete, gaming) A stake played for at dice. | |
22. n. (obsolete, gaming, sports) A sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match. | |
23. n. A banker's shovel for coins. | |
24. n. (obsolete, rare) A basket for gathering grapes. | |