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main (MAYN) (adjective)
1. Most important; principal, chief: The main or foremost idea is to drive down the major or main highway to get to your destination.
The audience was waiting for the big or main event of the evening.
2. Exerted to the utmost; sheer: Leo's main or brute strength was never to give up.main (MAYN) (noun)
The largest pipe in a system of connected pipes: The water main was damaged during the earthquake and so people were deprived of water for several days.
mane (MAYN) (noun)
Long, heavy hair that is a characteristic observed around the necks of some mammals: The brown horse had a long black mane on the crest of its neck.
Maine (MAYN) (noun)
One of the fifty states comprising the United States: Trudy's summer cottage is on the coast of Maine.
The man found a shaggy mare in the country side of Maine and with might and main, he tried to trim her mane.
"What is the principal part of a horse?"
"The principal part? The mane, of course.
A male lion is the only cat with a mane.
"Lion researchers have observed that many male lions with short manes had suffered from injury or sickness; while by contrast, dark-maned males tended to be older than the others, have higher testosterone levels, heal well after being wounded, and sire more surviving cubs; all of which made them more desirable mates and formidable foes."
"A mane, it seems, signals vital information about a male lion's fighting ability and health to mates and rivals."
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group M; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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(Latin: to stay, to remain, to abide)
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“mane”
mane
Long and profuse hair on the top and the sides of a dog's neck.
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