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Definition of 'plumb'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) plumb
a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line.

2. (adj.) plumb
true according to a plumb line; perpendicular.

3.  plumb
downright or absolute.

4. (adv.) plumb
in a perpendicular or vertical direction.

5.  plumb
exactly, precisely, or directly.

6.  plumb
completely or absolutely:
You're plumb right.

7. (v.t.) plumb
to test or adjust by a plumb line.

8.  plumb
to make vertical.

9.  plumb
to sound with or as if with a plumb line.

10.  plumb
to measure (depth) by sounding.

11.  plumb
to examine closely:
to plumb the poem's meaning.

12.  plumb
to seal with lead.

13.  plumb
to install plumbing in (a house, building, etc.).

14. (v.i.) plumb
to work as a plumber.

Definition of 'plumb'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) plumb bob, plumb, plummet
the metal bob of a plumb line

2. (verb) plumb
exactly vertical
"the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb"

3. (verb) plumb
measure the depth of something

4. (verb) plumb
weight with lead

5. (verb) plumb
examine thoroughly and in great depth

6. (adverb) plumb
adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical

7. (adverb) clean, plumb, plum
completely; used as intensifiers
"clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"

8. (adverb) plumb
conforming to the direction of a plumb line

9. (adverb) plumb, plum
exactly
"fell plumb in the middle of the puddle"

Definition of 'plumb'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) plumb
perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb

2. (adverb) plumb
in a plumb direction; perpendicularly

3. (noun) plumb
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. (verb) plumb
to adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall

5. (verb) plumb
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

6. (verb) plumb
to seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe

7. (verb) plumb
to supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing

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