main

main/ meɪn /

adjective
chief in size, extent, or importance; principal; leading:
the company’s main office; the main features of a plan.
sheer; utmost, as strength or force:
to lift a stone by main force.
of or relating to a broad expanse:
main sea.

noun
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
physical strength, power, or force:
to struggle with might and main.

adverb
South Midland U.S. (chiefly Appalachian ). very; exceedingly:
The dogs treed a main big coon.

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