a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
complete victory
place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"
extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
free from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children"
lacking patterns especially in color
not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"
not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"
equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced; "even amounts of butter and sugar"; "on even terms"; "it was a fifty-fifty (or even) split"; "had a fifty-fifty (or even) chance"; "an even fight"
being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with); "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window"
divisible by two
occurring at fixed intervals; "a regular beat"; "the even rhythm of his breathing"
symmetrically arranged; "even features"; "regular features"; "a regular polygon"
used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected; "even an idiot knows that"; "declined even to consider the idea"; "I don't have even a dollar!"
to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons; "looked sick and felt even worse"; "an even (or still) more interesting problem"; "still another problem must be solved"; "a yet sadder tale"
in spite of; notwithstanding; "even when he is sick, he works"; "even with his head start she caught up with him"
implying justice dictated by reason, conscience, and a natural sense of what is fair to all; "equitable treatment of all citizens"; "an equitable distribution of gifts among the children"