main

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

main (mān)adj.
1. Most important; principal. See Synonyms at chief.
2. Exerted to the utmost; sheer:
by main strength.
3. Nautical. Connected to or located near the mainmast:
a main skysail.
4. Grammar. Of, relating to, or being the principal clause or verb of a complex sentence.
5. Obsolete. Of or relating to a continuous area or stretch, as of land or water.n.
1. The chief or largest part:
His ideas are, in the main, impractical.
2. The principal pipe or conduit in a system for conveying water, gas, oil, or other utility.
3. Physical strength:
fought with might and main.
4. A mainland.
5. The open ocean.
6. Nautical.
a. A mainsail.
b. A mainmast. [Middle English, from Old English mægen, strength. See magh- in Indo-European Roots.]

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  main(a), independent, chief(a), primary(a), principal(a), master(a), briny
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  dependent, subordinate