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plains

/pleɪnz/

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A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.

Examples :

"There are several species of wild flowers growing in this field."

geography area environment

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A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals.

Examples :

"A crop circle was made in a corn field."

geography agriculture environment

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A place where competitive matches are carried out.

Examples :

"The annual video game tournament will be held in the competitive plains, where players battle for the top prize. "

sport place game entertainment

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Any of various figurative meanings, regularly dead metaphors.

Examples :

"The teacher's lecture on the history of the American West was full of plains about westward expansion, many of which were clichés. "

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Examples :

"The funeral service was filled with plains as the family mourned the loss of their beloved grandmother. "

emotion literature music culture

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verb

Examples :

"He always plains about the food in the cafeteria. "

attitude language communication word

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To lament, bewail.

Examples :

"to plain a loss"

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An expanse of land with relatively low relief, usually exclusive of forests, deserts, and wastelands.

Examples :

"The vast plains stretched out before us, a sea of golden grass. "

geography environment nature place area

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To level; to raze; to make plain or even on the surface.

Examples :

"The construction crew plains the uneven dirt before pouring the concrete foundation for the new house. "

geography environment geology area

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To make plain or manifest; to explain.

Examples :

"The teacher plains the math problem again to help the student understand it better. "

language communication

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A level or flat surface.

Examples :

"The vast plains stretched out before us, making the journey seem endless. "

geography environment area

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A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).

Examples :

"The carpenter ensured the table's surface was made up of perfectly horizontal plains so nothing would wobble. "

geography area place

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A level of existence or development. (eg, astral plane)

Examples :

"The student's current academic performance is on a high plane of understanding. "

philosophy being space

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A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc.

Examples :

"The plains of the airplane's wings help it stay in the air. "

vehicle nautical technical machine part structure

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(Unicode) Any of a number of designated ranges of sequential code points.

Examples :

"When working with emojis, programmers need to understand how they are organized within different plains of the Unicode standard to display them correctly. "

computing language

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An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.

Examples :

"The doctor used MRI scans to view different plains of the patient's brain, searching for the source of the headaches. "

anatomy medicine body physiology

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A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.

Examples :

"The carpenter used his plains to smooth the rough edges of the wooden table. "

utensil machine work

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An airplane; an aeroplane.

Examples :

"I watched the plains take off and land at the busy airport all afternoon. "

vehicle machine

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Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called aeroplanes.

Examples :

"While walking through the meadow, we saw several plains, easily identifiable by their slow, gliding flight, fluttering amongst the wildflowers. "

animal insect nature biology

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The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.

Examples :

"While spotting butterflies in the open plains of Southeast Asia, a researcher observed the Bindahara phocides, a member of the Lycaenidae family. "

animal insect biology nature

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A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.

Examples :

"The park's towering plains provided welcome shade on a hot summer day. "

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(Northern UK) A sycamore.

Examples :

"The children climbed the plains in the park to reach its sturdy branches. "