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Plumb
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- 1 Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.
- 2 Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of their wicket and should be given out.
- 1 exactly vertical wordnet
- 1 In a vertical direction; perpendicularly. not-comparable
"Plumb down he drops."
- 2 Squarely, directly; deeply, completely. informal, not-comparable
"It hit him plumb in the middle of his face."
- 1 completely; used as intensifiers wordnet
- 2 exactly wordnet
- 3 conforming to the direction of a plumb line wordnet
- 1 A surname.
- 1 A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
- 2 Obsolete form of plum (“the fruit”). alt-of, obsolete
"Without attending to sub-divisions, all the pears are of one species, as well as all the apples, plumbs, peaches, cherries, lemons, citrons, oranges […]"
- 3 the metal bob of a plumb line wordnet
- 4 A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
- 5 The perpendicular direction or position.
"Customers turned away from rickety chairs, stands of drawers that refused to open, or had no handles, lop-sided wardrobes whose doors were out of plumb or whose mirrors were cracked."
- 1 To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
- 2 adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical wordnet
- 3 To attach to a water supply and drain.
"The kitchen sink is now plumbed in / up."
- 4 examine thoroughly and in great depth wordnet
- 5 To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of. figuratively, transitive
"to plumb the depths of"
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- 6 measure the depth of something wordnet
- 7 To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
- 8 weight with lead wordnet
- 9 To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
- 10 To seal something with lead. dated
- 11 To work as a plumber. intransitive
- 12 To fall or sink like a plummet. rare
- 13 To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end. US, colloquial, figuratively, obsolete
- 14 To position vertically above or below.
Etymology
From Middle English plumbe, plumme, from Old French *plombe, from Latin plumba, plural of plumbum.
From Middle English plumbe, plumme, from Old French *plombe, from Latin plumba, plural of plumbum.
From Middle English plumbe, plumme, from Old French *plombe, from Latin plumba, plural of plumbum.
From Middle English plumbe, plumme, from Old French *plombe, from Latin plumba, plural of plumbum.
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