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Short for mainline.

To mainly play a specific character, or side, during a game.

Example: He mains the same character as me in that game.

Of a road: to convert into a main or primary road.

That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.

A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main.

Short for main course.

Example: I had scampi and chips for my main and a slice of cheesecake for dessert.

The high seas.

A hand or match in a game of dice.

The largest throw in a match at dice; in the game of hazard, a number from one to nine called out by a person before the dice are thrown.

A stake played for at dice.

A sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match.

A basket for gathering grapes.

The domestic electrical power supply.

Example: I plugged it into the mains and it blew up!

The pipes of a centralized water supply that transport the water to individual buildings.

The main course of a meal.

The farm attached to a mansion house.