main
adjective
1. most important element
- the main doors were of solid glass
Similar word(s): important, chief, master, primary, principal
2. (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
- the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb
Similar word(s): independent
3. of force; of the greatest possible intensity
- by main strength
Similar word(s): intense
Sentences with main as an adjective:
- main timbers; main branch of a river; main body of an army
adverb
1. (Britain, dialectal) Very; very much; greatly; mightily; extremely; exceedingly.