1. Most important; principal. See synonyms at chief. 2. Exerted to the utmost; sheer: by main strength.3.Nautical Connected to or located near the mainmast: a main skysail.4.Grammar Of, relating to, or being the principal clause or verb of a complex sentence. 5.Obsolete Of or relating to a continuous area or stretch, as of land or water.
NOUN:
1. The chief or largest part: His ideas are, in the main, impractical.2. The principal pipe or conduit in a system for conveying water, gas, oil, or other utility. 3. Physical strength: fought with might and main.4. A mainland. 5. The open ocean. 6.Nauticala. A mainsail. b. A mainmast.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English mægen, strength. See magh- in Appendix I.
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