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Definition of Main |
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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. Related Definitions: Absolute, An, Arm, As, At, Bay, Chief, Cockfighting, Continent, Dice, Distinguished, Duct, Effort, Entire, Extremely, Fire, First, For, Force, From, Game, Given, Great, Hand, Hazard, Heavy, High, Huge, Importance, Important, In, Island, Leading, Lesser, Main, Main-Hamper, Mainland, Might, Most, Match, Necessary, Ocean, Of, Ones, Or, Part, Pipe, Played, Principal, Rank, Reservoir, Sea, Sheer, Size, Stake, Strength, Strong, The, Thing, Throw, To, Vast, Very, Violent, Within |
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Main Quotations
A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem. Albert Einstein The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. Stephen Covey The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives. Mark Twain The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live. George Carlin 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. Mohandas Gandhi The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it. Bill Cosby The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team. John Wooden This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die. Will Rogers My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment to our top 750 people. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too. Jack Welch Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. Plato |
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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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