Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word GAIN

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Definitions of GAIN

1. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
2. The act of gaining; acquisition.
3. The thing or things gained.
4. (transitive) To acquire possession of.
5. (intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
6. (transitive, dated) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
7. (transitive) To increase.
8. (intransitive) To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
9. (transitive) To reach.
10. (intransitive) To put on weight.
11. (of a clock or watch) To run fast.
12. (electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
13. (obsolete) Against.
14. (obsolete) Straight, direct; near; short.
15. (obsolete) Suitable; convenient; ready.
16. (dialectal) Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
17. (dialectal) Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.
18. (obsolete) Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
19. (dialectal) Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
20. (dialectal) Tolerably; fairly.
21. (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.
22. A surname.

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