Main

A hand or match at dice.

A stake played for at dice.

The largest throw in a match at dice; a throw at dice within given limits, as in the game of hazard.

A match at cockfighting.

A main-hamper.

Strength; force; might; violent effort.

The chief or principal part; the main or most important thing.

The great sea, as distinguished from an arm, bay, etc. ; the high sea; the ocean.

The continent, as distinguished from an island; the mainland.

principal duct or pipe, as distinguished from lesser ones; esp. (Engin.), a principal pipe leading to or from a reservoir; as, a fire main.

Very or extremely strong.

Vast; huge.

Unqualified; absolute; entire; sheer.

Principal; chief; first in size, rank, importance, etc.

Important; necessary.

Very; extremely; as, main heavy.

(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"

of force; of the greatest possible intensity; "by main strength"