Crossword-Solution: GAIN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Gain | n. | A square or beveled 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. |
| Gain | a. | Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable. |
| Gain | v. t. | That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase, profit, advantage, or benefit; -- opposed to loss. |
| Gain | v. t. | The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation. |
| Gain | n. | To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; as, to gain a good living. |
| Gain | n. | To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize. |
| Gain | n. | To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate. |
| Gain | n. | To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor. |
| Gain | n. | To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage. |
| Gain | v. i. | To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| GAIN | anagram | AGIN, AGNI, ANGI, GIAN, GINA, INGA, NAGI, NGAI |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEERA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with GAIN (5)
Seest thou yon dreary Plain, forlorn and wilde, The seat of desolation, voyd of light, Save what the glimmering of these livid flames Casts pale and dreadful? Thither let us tend From off the tossing of these fiery waves, There rest, if any rest can harbour there, And reassembling our afflicted Powers, Consult how we may henceforth most offend Our Enemy, our own loss how repair, How overcome this dire Calamity, What reinforcement we may gain from Hope, If not what resolution from despare.
The Sheep, writhing with pain, said, “Why do you hurt me so, Mistress? What weight can my blood add to the wool? If you want my flesh, there is the butcher, who will kill me in an instant; but if you want my fleece and wool, there is the shearer, who will shear and not hurt me.” The least outlay is not always the greatest gain.
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Your dear love, Bathsheba, is such a vast thing beside your pity, that the loss of your pity as well as your love is no great addition to my sorrow, nor does the gain of your pity make it sensibly less.
Now all men cry me Godspeed! wish me well, And every suitor seeks to gain my ear, If he would hope to win a grace from thee.
Quotes with GAIN (3)
No relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater... The love we have for each other is bigger than these small differences. And that's the key. It's like a big pie chart, and the love in a relationship has to be the biggest piece. Love can make up for a lot.
You must possess Passion along with having a very strong no-fear spiritual belief in order to gain true success in life.
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYM, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 310 times in crossword archives (1955–2025).