Oh my word Plain, Plane, Plain Speaking

“And when Petrarch fell madly in love with this Laureen, she was a fair-haired nymphet of twelve running in the wind, in the pollen and dust, a flower in flight, in the beautiful plain as decried from the hills of Vaucluse.” –Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

He is a plane person. (Clear)

The plane tree is a common street tree in London. She is plain girl. (Not pretty, not outspoken, without hiding anything)

Police also work in plain clothes. (Ordinary clothes worn as a disguise). Plane also refers to an airplane or aircraft.

Plane has many meanings. Plane functions as noun, adjective, and verb Plane means a flat surface, an imaginary flat surface; a level surface; a thin flat surface such as the top of a table. Plane angle is an angle between two intersecting lines, an angle formed by two straight lines in the same plane.

Plane as an adjective means perfectly level (of a surface); of an angle or figure lying in a plane.

Plane as verb refers to travel or glide in an airplane or aero plane.

Plane is a tool used to smooth a wooden surface by paring or removing; plane is a tool for smoothing metal.

Plane tree is a deciduous tree of the genus Platanus. Plane tree is the street tree in London.

Planer is a machine for planing wood. Plain is an adjective. Plain means clear, evident; clearly understood; referring to food or decoration, plane means uncomplicated, not elaborate, not gaudy; of girl, not pretty or beautiful; outspoken; of manners and dress, it means unsophisticated, homely; of a stitch, it refers to putting the needle through the front of the stitch from left to right.

Plain as a noun means a flat land, a level tract. Plainly is an adverb and plainness is a noun.

Plain chocolate is a chocolate without added fruits or nuts or milk; just chocolate. Plain clothes is a plural noun: clothes worn as a disguise by police officers.

Plain dealing is a noun. Plain dealing means dealing with candour, straightforwardness.

He is in a plain sailing phase of his life. Plain sailing is a noun meaning in an uncomplicated situation, in a straight course of action; sailing a straightforward course without any twists and turns.

Plain speaking is a noun meaning the act of speaking clearly and honestly; and plain-spoken is an adjective.

Plainsman is a person who lives on a plain such as in Indo-Gangetic plains in northern India. Among plainsmen and hilly people, who is plain?

Kovuuri G Reddy