amerikai:
brit:
1. The act of gaining; acquisition.
2. What is gained.
3. The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
1. To acquire possession of.
Looks like you've gained a new friend.
2. To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
The sick man gains daily.
3. To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
to gain a battle; to gain a case at law
4. To increase.
5. To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
I'm gaining (on you).
6. To reach.
to gain the top of a mountain
7. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
8. To put on weight.
I've been gaining.
9. (of a clock or watch) To run fast.
1. Against.
1. Straight, direct; near; short.
the gainest way
2. Suitable; convenient; ready.
3. Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
4. Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.
1. Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
2. Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
3. Tolerably; fairly.
gain quiet (= fairly/pretty quiet)
1. 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.