Definitions from Wiktionary (Gain)
▸ verb: (transitive) To acquire possession of.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
▸ verb: (transitive, dated) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
▸ verb: (transitive) To increase.
▸ verb: (intransitive, often with on) To grow more likely to catch or overtake someone.
▸ verb: (transitive) To reach.
▸ verb: To draw into any interest or party; to win to one’s side; to conciliate.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To put on weight.
▸ verb: (of a clock or watch) To run fast.
▸ noun: The act of gaining; acquisition.
▸ noun: The thing or things gained.
▸ noun: (electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
▸ adjective: (obsolete or dialectal) Straight, direct; near; short.
▸ adjective: (obsolete or dialectal) Suitable; convenient; ready.
▸ adjective: (dialectal) Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
▸ adjective: (dialectal) Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.
▸ adverb: (obsolete or dialectal) Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
▸ adverb: (dialectal) Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
▸ adverb: (dialectal) Tolerably; fairly.
▸ noun: (architecture) A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ Also see gain
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nothing gained nothing ventured,
nothing ventured, nothing gained,
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▸ verb: (transitive) To acquire possession of.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
▸ verb: (transitive, dated) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
▸ verb: (transitive) To increase.
▸ verb: (intransitive, often with on) To grow more likely to catch or overtake someone.
▸ verb: (transitive) To reach.
▸ verb: To draw into any interest or party; to win to one’s side; to conciliate.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To put on weight.
▸ verb: (of a clock or watch) To run fast.
▸ noun: The act of gaining; acquisition.
▸ noun: The thing or things gained.
▸ noun: (electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
▸ adjective: (obsolete or dialectal) Straight, direct; near; short.
▸ adjective: (obsolete or dialectal) Suitable; convenient; ready.
▸ adjective: (dialectal) Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
▸ adjective: (dialectal) Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.
▸ adverb: (obsolete or dialectal) Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
▸ adverb: (dialectal) Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
▸ adverb: (dialectal) Tolerably; fairly.
▸ noun: (architecture) A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
▸ noun: A surname.
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