Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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plain | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
direct | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
plain (noun) | direct (noun) |
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a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side | |
extensive tract of level open land |
plain (adjective) | direct (adjective) |
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not elaborate or elaborated; simple | direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short |
lacking patterns especially in color | (of a current) flowing in one direction only |
free from any effort to soften to disguise | straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action |
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity |
not mixed with extraneous elements | in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child |
lacking embellishment or ornamentation | moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth |
lacking in physical beauty or proportion | lacking compromising or mitigating elements |
in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker | |
having no intervening persons, agents, conditions | |
being an immediate result or consequence |
plain (verb) | direct (verb) |
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express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | plan and direct (a complex undertaking) |
specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public | |
command with authority | |
give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction | |
put an address on (an envelope) | |
point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards | |
intend (something) to move towards a certain goal | |
guide the actors in (plays and films) | |
lead, as in the performance of a composition | |
take somebody somewhere | |
cause to go somewhere | |
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | |
govern or manage |
plain (adverb) | direct (adverb) |
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unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') | without deviation |