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Meaning of 'plumb' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Plumb [ a.]
- Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.
2 . Plumb [ adv.]
- In a plumb direction; perpendicularly.
3 . Plumb [ n.]
- A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob. See Plumb line, below.
4 . Plumb [ v. t.]
- To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
- To sound with a plumb or plummet, as the depth of water; hence, to examine by test; to ascertain the depth, quality, dimension, etc.; to sound; to fathom; to test.
- To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
- To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.

Meaning of 'plumb' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . plumb [ r]
Meaning (1):
- completely; used as intensifiers
Example in sentence:
  • clean forgot the appointment;
  • I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out
Meaning (2):
- exactly
Example in sentence:
  • fell plumb in the middle of the puddle;
  • he fell flop on his face
3 . plumb [ s]
Meaning (3):
- exactly vertical
Example in sentence:
  • the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb

Nearby Words:

pluck plucked plucker pluckily pluckiness plucking pluckless plucky pluff plug

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