1. adjective /pl̩eɪn/
a) Flat, level.
He was dressed simply in plain black clothes.
In fact, by excommunication or persuasion, by impetuosity of driving or adroitness in leading, , it is now becoming plain everywhere, is a man that generally remains master at last.
2. adverb /pl̩eɪn/
Simply
It was just plain stupid.
3. verb /pl̩eɪn/
Then came I crying, and to-day,
4. noun /pl̩eɪn/
For Plato the life of the philosopher is a life of struggle towards the goal of knowledge, towards “searching the heavens and measuring the plains, in all places seeking the nature of everything as a whole”
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