Meaning of "plain"

plain •

adj.
• • 1. clear, easy to understand, easily seen or heard: maliwanag, malinaw
  • 2. without ornament: simple, payak
  • 3. all of one color: liso, linso
  • 4. not rich: karaniwan, simple, di marangya
  • 5. common, ordinary, simple in manner: pangkaraniwan, simple
  • 6. not pretty: karaniwan (pangkaraniwan) ang ganda, hindi maganda
  • 7. frank, honest, sincere: tapat, matapat
  • 8. flat, level: pantay, patag
  • 9. smooth: makinis

n.
• • a flat stretch of land: kapatagan plain-clothes man a detective: detektib, sekreta, tiktik

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direct

v.
• • 1. to manage or control: mamahala, pamahalaan, mamatnugot, patnugutan, mangasiwa, pangasiwaan
  • 2. to order or command: mag-utos, utusan, pag-utusan, magmando, manduhan, pagmanduhan
  • 3. to point or show the way: magturo, ituro
  • 4. to guide: mag-akay, umakay, akayin, pumatnubay, patnubayan

adj.
• • 1. straight: tuluy-tuloy, tuwiran, diretso
  • 2. frank, truthful: tapat, matapat
  • 3. clear, plain: maliwanag
  • 4. to the point: tuwiran, tiyak, diretso

explain

v.
• • 1. to make plain: magpaliwanag, ipaliwanag, liwanagin, magpalinaw, ipalinaw
  • 2. to explain by reasoning: mangatwiran, pangatwiranan

naked

adj.
• • 1. with no clothes on, completely naked: hubot hubad
  • 2. bare from waist up: hubad
  • 3. bare from waist down: hubo
  • 4. not covered: walang takip, walang balot, tiwangwang, nakatiwangwang
  • 5. the naked truth, the plain truth without ornament: talagang (payak na) katotohanan, hubad na katotohanan

simple

adj.
• • 1. easy to do: madaling gawin, magaan, madali
  • 2. easy to understand: madaling intindihin, madaling unawain
  • 3. bare, mere, with nothing added: payak, walang iba kundi...
  • 4. plain, without ornament, not rich or showy: simple
  • 5. natural, not affected, not showing off: natural, likas
  • 6. common, ordinary: karaniwan, pangkaraniwan
  • 7. dull, weak in mind: tanga, ungas, bobo/a
  • 8. not compound: payak

liso

adj.
• • plain, unadorned

patag

n.
• • kapatagan (ka-an) plain, lowland

adj.
• • smooth, level, even