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| main [ mayn ] |
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1. principal: greatest in size or importance
  the main reason we're here
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2. utmost: exerted to the full or the utmost
main force
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3. nautical of mainmast: on or relating to a sailing ship's mainmast
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noun (plural mains) |
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1. large pipe or cable: a large and important pipe or line for the distribution of water, gas, or electricity
a ruptured water main
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2. sea: the open sea
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archaic or literary
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| [ Old English mægen, influenced by Old Norse magn< Germanic, "have power"] |
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in the main largely or in general
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