Main
A hand or match at dice.
A stake played for at dice.
The largest throw in a match at dice; a throw at dice within given limits, as in the game of hazard.
A match at cockfighting.
A main-hamper.
Strength; force; might; violent effort.
The chief or principal part; the main or most important thing.
The great sea, as distinguished from an arm, bay, etc. ; the high sea; the ocean.
The continent, as distinguished from an island; the mainland.
principal duct or pipe, as distinguished from lesser ones; esp. (Engin.), a principal pipe leading to or from a reservoir; as, a fire main.
Very or extremely strong.
Vast; huge.
Unqualified; absolute; entire; sheer.
Principal; chief; first in size, rank, importance, etc.
Important; necessary.
Very; extremely; as, main heavy.
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Main Quotations
A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.
Albert Einstein
The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives.
Mark Twain
You know, my main reaction to this money thing is that it's humorous, all the attention to it, because it's hardly the most insightful or valuable thing that's happened to me.
Steve Jobs
It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor.
Steve Jobs
The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.
Mahatma Gandhi
The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.
George Carlin
The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow.
Niccolo Machiavelli
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
Rene Descartes
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
Plato
The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
John Wooden
Main Translations
main in Dutch is hoofd-, voornaamste
main in French is essentielle
main in German is Haupt-, haupt, Leitung
main in Italian is essenziale
main in Portuguese is principal
main in Spanish is principal
main in Swedish is huvudsaklig
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