Definitions for mains
mains
mains
Spelling: [meynz]
IPA: /meɪnz/
Mains is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.
You can make 86 anagrams from letters in mains (aimns).
Definitions for mains
noun
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the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
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a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
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physical strength, power, or force:
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the chief or principal part or point:
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Literary. the open ocean; high sea:
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the mainland.
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Usually, mains. a main course in a meal:
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a cockfighting match.
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a river in central and W Germany, flowing W from the Bohemian Forest in N Bavaria into the Rhine at Mainz. 305 miles (490 km) long.
Idioms
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in the main, for the most part; chiefly:
adverb
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South Midland U.S. (chiefly Appalachian) . very; exceedingly:
adjective
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chief in size, extent, or importance; principal; leading:
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sheer; utmost, as strength or force:
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of or relating to a broad expanse:
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Grammar. syntactically independent; capable of use in isolation.
Compare dependent (def 4), independent (def 14), main clause.
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Nautical.
of or relating to a mainmast.
noting or pertaining to a sail, yard, boom, etc., or to any rigging belonging to a mainmast.
noting any stay running aft and upward to the head of a mainmast:
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Obsolete.
having or exerting great strength or force; mighty.
having momentous or important results; significant.
verb (used with or without object)
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Slang. mainline.
Origin of mains
1425-75; late Middle English, plural of main, aphetic variant of Middle English demain, demeine demesne
Examples for mains
If there is any danger of injury to these mains they may be enclosed in iron pipe.
Do you draw from the mains or are you on the high level reservoir?'
Prices range from $12 to 18 for starters and $24 to 32 for mains.
In locating the mains, regard must always be had to the quantity of water and to the fall.
The pressure also in the mains in London seldom exceeds 120 feet at the utmost.
Average price per person, with starters, mains, and ample alcohol will run about 400 rand or roughly $60 per person.
It is convenient to speak of the different drains as mains, sub-mains, and minors.
Get in mains'l, close reef fores'l, and let her ride with that and jumbo.
mains inquired of the elders afterwards, with pointed sarcasm.
Generally, there will be no conflict of circumstances, as to where the mains shall be located.