PLUMB
\plˈʌm], \plˈʌm], \p_l_ˈʌ_m]\
Definitions of PLUMB
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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(slang) completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"
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the metal bob of a plumb line
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conforming to the direction of a plumb line
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exactly vertical; "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb"
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adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
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examine thoroughly and in great depth
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measure the depth of something
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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the metal bob of a plumb line
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conforming to the direction of a plumb line
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exactly vertical; "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb"
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adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
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examine thoroughly and in great depth
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measure the depth of something
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completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"
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exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle"
By Princeton University
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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.
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Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.
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To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
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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.
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To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
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To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.
By Oddity Software
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Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.
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To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
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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.
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To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
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To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.
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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 line, below.
By Noah Webster.
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A weight, usually of lead, fastened to a cord and dropped to indicate a vertical line; a similar weight used to find the depth of water.
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Perpendicular with the horizon; upright.
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To straighten: as, to plumb up a wall; make vertical; sound (the depth of water) by a plummet; test; get to the bottom of; as, to plumb a mystery.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A mass of lead or other material, hung on a string, to show the perpendicular position.
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Perpendicular.
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To adjust by a plumb-line: to make perpendicular: to sound the depth of water by a plumbline.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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