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Adjective

1. Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
   • The main office is actually one of the smaller rooms.
2. Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.
   • main timbers
   • main branch of a river
   • main body of an army
3. Full, sheer, undivided.
4. Big; angry.
5. Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.
6. Great in size or degree; important, powerful, strong, vast.

Adverb

1. Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much.

Verb

1. Ellipsis of mainline (“to inject (a drug) directly into a vein”).
2. To mainly play a specific character or side, or with specific equipment, during a game.
   • He mains the same character as me in that game.
   • What race do you main and what is your favourite race to beat?
   • For new players, I recommend maining the dagger and using the axe as a backup weapon.
3. To convert (a road) into a main or primary road.

Noun

1. That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross. The primary character that one plays in a video game in which one can play more than one character.
   • My WoW main has reached level cap and I’m on my way getting my first alt there as well.
   • His main got banned after his last post.
2. The primary character that one plays in a video game in which one can play more than one character.
   • My WoW main has reached level cap and I’m on my way getting my first alt there as well.
3. A main account.
   • His main got banned after his last post.
4. A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main.
   • There's a gas leak in the main outside the building.
5. Ellipsis of main course (“the principal dish of a meal”).
   • I had scampi and chips for my main and a slice of cheesecake for dessert.
6. The high seas.
7. The mainland.
8. Ellipsis of mainsail.
9. Force, power, strength, violent effort.

Noun

1. A hand or match in a game of dice.
2. The largest throw in a match at dice; in the game of hazard, a number from one to nine called out by a person before the dice are thrown.
3. A stake played for at dice.
4. A sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match.
5. A banker's shovel for coins.

Noun

1. A basket for gathering grapes.

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