main
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.]
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