Plumb

//plʌm// adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.
  2. 2
    Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of their wicket and should be given out.
Adjective
  1. 1
    exactly vertical wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    In a vertical direction; perpendicularly. not-comparable

    "Plumb down he drops."

  2. 2
    Squarely, directly; deeply, completely. informal, not-comparable

    "It hit him plumb in the middle of his face."

Adverb
  1. 1
    completely; used as intensifiers wordnet
  2. 2
    exactly wordnet
  3. 3
    conforming to the direction of a plumb line wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
  2. 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. 3
    the metal bob of a plumb line wordnet
  4. 4
    A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
  5. 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."

Verb
  1. 1
    To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
  2. 2
    adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical wordnet
  3. 3
    To attach to a water supply and drain.

    "The kitchen sink is now plumbed in / up."

  4. 4
    examine thoroughly and in great depth wordnet
  5. 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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  1. 6
    measure the depth of something wordnet
  2. 7
    To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
  3. 8
    weight with lead wordnet
  4. 9
    To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
  5. 10
    To seal something with lead. dated
  6. 11
    To work as a plumber. intransitive
  7. 12
    To fall or sink like a plummet. rare
  8. 13
    To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end. US, colloquial, figuratively, obsolete
  9. 14
    To position vertically above or below.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English plumbe, plumme, from Old French *plombe, from Latin plumba, plural of plumbum.

Etymology 2

From Middle English plumbe, plumme, from Old French *plombe, from Latin plumba, plural of plumbum.

Etymology 3

From Middle English plumbe, plumme, from Old French *plombe, from Latin plumba, plural of plumbum.

Etymology 4

From Middle English plumbe, plumme, from Old French *plombe, from Latin plumba, plural of plumbum.

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