Plumb
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English
Adjective
Plumb (comparative more Plumb, superlative most Plumb)
- truly vertical
- (cricket) Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of his wicket and should be given out.
Adverb
Plumb (not comparable)
- In a vertical direction.
- (informal) Squarely, directly; completely.
- It hit him plumb in the middle of his face.
- Years ago the well plumb dried out, not a drop of water in there since.
Noun
Plumb (plural Plumbs)- A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob (UK); a plumb line (US).
- A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
Derived terms
Verb
Plumb (third-person singular simple present Plumbs, present participle Plumbing, simple past and past participle Plumbed)
- To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
- To attach to a water supply and drain.
- To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of, especially to plumb the depths of.
- To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
- To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
- (dated) To seal something with lead.
- (intransitive): To work as a plumber.
- (rare) To fall or sink like a plummet.
- (US colloq., fig. obs.) To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.
- (nautical) To position vertically above or below.
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Etymology
From Old French *plombe, from Latin plumba (plural of plumbum).
Pronunciation
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Noun
Plumb n.
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Etymology
From Latin plumbum (“lead”).
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