main
IPA: mˈeɪn
noun
- That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
- (video games) The primary character that one plays in a video game in which one can play more than one character.
- A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main.
- (now poetic) The high seas.
- (now archaic, US dialectal) The mainland.
- (obsolete, except in might and main) Force, power, strength, violent effort.
- (obsolete, gaming) A hand or match in a game of dice.
- (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.
- (obsolete, gaming) A stake played for at dice.
- (obsolete, gaming, sports) A sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match.
- A banker's shovel for coins.
- (obsolete, rare) A basket for gathering grapes.
- A river in southern Germany, flowing from Bavaria to the Rhine.
- A river in Northern Ireland, flowing into Lough Neagh.
- A surname.
- (informal) Short for main course (“the principal dish of a meal”). [The main serving or dish of a meal, usually cooked.]
- (nautical) Short for mainsail. [(nautical) The largest (or only) sail on a sailing vessel.]
- Ellipsis of Main Street.: A street named "Main Street". [The generic street name (and often the official name) of the primary retail street of a village, town, or small city in the United States, Canada, Ireland, some parts of Scotland and also in some countries in central Europe.]
- Ellipsis of Main Street (“main street”).: A central street of a community [The generic street name (and often the official name) of the primary retail street of a village, town, or small city in the United States, Canada, Ireland, some parts of Scotland and also in some countries in central Europe.]
verb
- (transitive, gaming) To mainly play a specific character or side, or with specific equipment, during a game.
- (obsolete) To convert (a road) into a main or primary road.
- (transitive, slang) Short for mainline (“to inject (a drug) directly into a vein”). [(slang) To inject (a drug) directly into a vein.]
adjective
- Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
- Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.
- (archaic, of force, strength, etc.) Full, sheer, undivided.
- (dialectal) Big; angry.
- (nautical) Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.
- (obsolete) Great in size or degree; important, powerful, strong, vast.
adverb
- (Britain, dialectal) Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much.
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Examples of "main" in Sentences
- The major nights are the main felicity.
- He is the primary nemesis of the main character.
- The latter part in main is where the weaker work lies.
- The main one is the claim in the lead that he's the best ever.
- Rivington and Bleak Hill are the main primary schools in the area.
- Their best expertise and the main income of the Pagans was piracy.
- Farming is the main source of income of the majority of the people.
- The term main enemy was dropped in 2004 under South Korea's Sunshine
- For the majority of the game, Arthur Dent is the main player character.
- NoSuchMethodError: main 运行时 Exception in thread \ "main\" java. lang.
- The ability of the Drum Major is the main condition for the appointment.
- The lower level concourse is the major one, leading to the main grandstand.
- At this point, the major ones will be presented in the main Dyslexia article.
- The term main enemy was dropped in 2004 under South Korea's "Sunshine Policy" of engagement with North Korea.
- ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException at Sample2. setData (Native Method) at test2. main (test2. java: 7) native data = 123 Exception in thread \ "main\" java. lang.
- The _main_ body of this barn stands on the ground, 100×50 feet, with eighteen-feet posts, and a broad, sheltering roof, of 40° pitch from a horizontal line, and truncated at the gables to the width of the main doors below.
- It may be the initial effect; very probably it is; but since the main function of the spermatozoon must be the introduction of germplasm from the male parent, it is too much for anyone to ask us to believe that its _main_ function is concerned with surface alteration.