adjective. Most important; principal. synonym: chief.

adjective. Exerted to the utmost; sheer.

adjective. Connected to or located near the mainmast.

adjective. Of or relating to a continuous area or stretch, as of land or water.

noun. The chief or largest part.

noun. The principal pipe or conduit in a system for conveying water, gas, oil, or other utility.

noun. Physical strength.

noun. A mainland.

noun. The open ocean.

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noun. A mainsail.

noun. A mainmast.

Mightily; exceedingly; extremely.

To furl: said of sails.

Great in size or degree; vast; hence, strong; powerful; important.

Principal; prime; chief; leading; of chief or principal importance: as, his main effort was to please.

Principal or chief in size or extent; largest; consisting of the largest part; most important by reason of size or strength: as, the main timbers of a building; the main branch of a river; the main body of an army.

Full; undivided; sheer: now used chiefly in the phrases main strength, main force.

Nautical, belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.

“Big”; angry.

noun. A hand.

noun. . A hand at dice; a throw of the dice at hazard.

noun. A match at cock-fighting.

noun. A banker's shovel for coin.

An obsolete variant of maim.

noun. Strength; force; violent effort: now used chiefly in the phrase with might and main.

noun. That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the gross; the bulk; the greater part.

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noun. The principal point; that which is of most importance; the chief or principal object, aim, or effort.

noun. A broad expanse, as of space or light; unbroken extent; full sweep or stretch.

noun. Now, specifically

noun. The expanse of ocean; the open ocean; the high sea.

noun. A continental stretch of land; a continent; the maiuland, as distinguished from islands.

noun. A principal duct, channel, pipe, or electrical conductor, as a water- or gas-pipe running along a street in a town, or the largest conductor in a system of electric lights.

noun. The thick part of meat.

noun. A hand or match at dice.

noun. A stake played for at dice.

noun. The largest throw in a match at dice; a throw at dice within given limits, as in the game of hazard.

noun. A match at cockfighting.

noun. A main-hamper.

noun. Strength; force; might; violent effort.

noun. The chief or principal part; the main or most important thing.

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noun. The great sea, as distinguished from an arm, bay, etc. ; the high sea; the ocean.

noun. The continent, as distinguished from an island; the mainland.

noun. principal duct or pipe, as distinguished from lesser ones; esp. (Engin.), a principal pipe leading to or from a reservoir.

noun. the delivery pipe of a pump.

noun. for the most part; in the greatest part.

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noun. with all one's strength; with violent effort.

"It may be the initial effect; very probably it is; but since the main function of the spermatozoon must be the introduction of germplasm from the male parent, it is too much for anyone to ask us to believe that its _main_ function is concerned with surface alteration."

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