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ALL meanings of mainer

Main·er
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  • noun mainer (US slang) a needle for (illicit) drug administration. 1
  • noun mainer a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc. 1
  • noun mainer physical strength, power, or force: to struggle with might and main. 1
  • noun mainer the chief or principal part or point: The main of their investments was lost during the war. 1
  • noun mainer Literary. the open ocean; high sea: the bounding main. 1
  • noun mainer the mainland. 1
  • noun mainer Usually, mains. a main course in a meal: The restaurant offers four mains: one chicken, two beef, and one fish. 1
  • adjective mainer chief in size, extent, or importance; principal; leading: the company's main office; the main features of a plan. 1
  • adjective mainer sheer; utmost, as strength or force: to lift a stone by main force. 1
  • adjective mainer of or relating to a broad expanse: main sea. 1
  • adjective mainer Grammar. syntactically independent; capable of use in isolation. Compare dependent (def 4), independent (def 14), main clause. 1
  • adjective mainer Nautical. of or relating to a mainmast. noting or pertaining to a sail, yard, boom, etc., or to any rigging belonging to a mainmast. noting any stay running aft and upward to the head of a mainmast: main topmast stay. 1
  • adjective mainer Obsolete. having or exerting great strength or force; mighty. having momentous or important results; significant. 1
  • adverb mainer South Midland U.S. (chiefly Appalachian) . very; exceedingly: The dogs treed a main big coon. 1
  • idioms mainer in the main, for the most part; chiefly: In the main, the novel was dull reading. 1
  • noun mainer a person born or living in Maine 0
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