plain
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9.3
- noun
- /pleɪn/
- UK
Examples
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I take his hand, and we walk on for hours across the plain until
Fiction book (2000) -
Then he looked again across the plain and shivered.
Fiction book (1992) -
The Land of Darkness is defined as a vast, treeless plain of arctic regions.
Academic text (2005) -
Two months later, a sister ship, Viking 2, also landed, this time in a plain called Utopia.
Academic text (1992) -
The submerged portion of this plain extends under shallow water until it reaches the edge of the Continental Shelf.
Academic text (2012) -
Ahead on the flat plain, yucca plants stood against the reddening sky like stiff guards clutching their spears.
Fiction book (1995) -
She learned to knit by performing a simple plain stitch to create her first scarf.
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To begin the project, the instructor showed the students how to make a plain stitch using the knitting needles.
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The plain stitch is essential for beginners to master before moving on to more complex patterns.
Synonyms
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5.5
A basic stitch made by pulling yarn through the front of a loop
1
3.3
A basic loop made with needles when making cloth from yarn
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5.3
A basic knitting move where you push the needle through the front of a loop
Idioms
Compounds
1
4.1
A police officer who wears ordinary clothes while working to avoid attention
How Patterned
Surface Forms
Etymology
The knitting term plain uses the same old idea of 'simple' from Latin planus 'flat', so a plain stitch is the basic, easy stitch that beginners use first.