plain
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- noun
- /pleɪn/
- From there we could see the mountains, and we fled over the plains to the foothills.
- a coastal plain
- an alluvial plain
- mountains and plains
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Watch on YouTubeIt's like we're wild animals, you know, migrating across the plains and that's huge.
- It's like we're wild animals, you know, migrating across the plains and that's huge.
- Anyone that says that has never seen wild bison on the plains outside of Jackson, Wyoming.
- Yeah, they build up because you're from the plains, the plains of the United States of America.
Examples
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The main herd of animals can be found in the grassy plain below you," said the voice.
Fiction book (1990) -
Haplo turned, gazed out over a large flat plain behind the small seaside town.
Fiction book (1991) -
Across the valley to the east, a great dry plain extended as far as I could see.
Fiction book (1990) -
In one way, the western plains were more beautiful than anything she had ever seen before.
Fiction book (1991) -
And there were plains of tall, green grass that you could lie down in, that you could go to sleep in!
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Helm will expect us to make camp on the northern plains.
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When I was a boy, my village was attacked by raiders from the northern plains.
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In the middle of the rainy season, these plains are mostly underwater.
Academic text (1992) -
The Comanches moved farther onto the plains and essentially abandoned their trade fairs at Taos.
Academic text (1992) -
The vast plains stretched as far as the eye could see, dotted only with a few scattered trees.
Synonyms
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1.3
A large area of level land with few or no trees
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3.4
A large flat grassland with few trees in warm countries
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4.2
A large flat area of grass with a few trees in warm places
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7.5
A large flat area of grass with few or no trees
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3.4
A large area of land that has few or no hills
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9.9
A large flat open area of land with few trees
Idioms
Compounds
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4.1
A police officer who wears ordinary clothes while working to avoid attention
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Etymology
The noun plain comes straight from Latin planus meaning 'flat' or 'level', so a plain is open land that is smooth and flat, like a wide, level floor of earth.