Plumb
WordNet
adjective
(1) Exactly vertical
"The tower of Pisa is far out of plumb"
adverb
(2) Completely; used as intensifiers
"Clean forgot the appointment"
"I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"
(3) Exactly
"Fell plumb in the middle of the puddle"
(4) Conforming to the direction of a plumb line
noun
(5) The metal bob of a plumb line
verb
(6) Adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
(7) Examine thoroughly and in great depth
(8) Measure the depth of something
(9) Weight with lead
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- truly vertical
- Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front on his wicket and should be given out.
Adverb
- In a vertical direction.
- 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
- 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.
Verb
- 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, esp. to plumb the depths of.
- To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
- To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
- To seal something with lead.
- : To work as a plumber.
- To fall or sink like a plummet.
- To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.
- To position vertically above or below.
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