mained
/meɪnd/
mained is the simple past and past participle of main.
Meaning of main
Verb
main (third-person singular simple present mains, present participle maining, simple past and past participle mained)
- To mainly play a specific character or side, or with specific equipment, during a game.
- He mains the same character as me in that game.
- To convert (a road) into a main or primary road.
- When a rural district council considers that a highway in its district ought to become a main road by reason of its being a medium of communication between great towns, or a thoroughfare to a railway station, or otherwise, it may apply to the county council for an order "maining" the road under s....1904, Arthur Underhill, Charles Otto Blagden, et al., editors, An Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Other than Court Forms, volume 6, London: Butterworth, →OCLC
Origin of mained
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Words that rhyme with mained
- chained
- strained
- unrestrained
- constrained
- drained
- ordained
- restrained
- stained
- sustained
- trained
- arraigned
- ascertained
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Questions about mained
- What is mained the simple past and past participle of?
- Mained is the simple past and past participle of main.
- How do you pronounce mained?
- Mained is pronounced /meɪnd/.
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