plumb
English
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French *plombe, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin plumba, plural of plumbum.
Adjective
plumb (comparative more plumb, superlative most plumb)
- Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.
- (cricket) Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of his wicket and should be given out.
Synonyms
- (truly vertical): perpendicular
Translations
truly vertical
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Adverb
plumb (not comparable)
- In a vertical direction; perpendicularly.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- Plumb down he drops.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- (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.
- 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 9, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 143:
- 'Are you sure of that, M. Hardman?' 'I'm plumb certain.'.
Translations
in a vertical direction
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squarely, completely
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.
- (nautical) A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
- The perpendicular direction or position.
Synonyms
- (construction): plummet, plumb bob (UK), plumb line (US)
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
mass attached to a line to indicate vertical direction
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nautical: mass attached to a line to indicate depth
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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.
- (transitive, figurative) To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of, especially to plumb the depths of.
- 2011, Catherine Lanigan, The Texan:
- Delving to the core of her heart, his blue-green eyes plumbed her psyche, stripping it of all defenses, all resolve.
- 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, colloquial, figuratively, obsolete) To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.
- (nautical) To position vertically above or below.
Translations
to determine the depth
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to attach to water supply or drain
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to explore in depth
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to use plumb bob
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to accurately align
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to seal with lead
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to work as plumber
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to fall or sink like a plummet
to trace a road or track
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nautical: to position vertically above or below
Etymology 2
Noun
plumb (plural plumbs)
- Obsolete form of plum (“the fruit”).
- 1767, Select Essays on Husbandry
- Without attending to sub-divisions, all the pears are of one species, as well as all the apples, plumbs, peaches, cherries, lemons, citrons, oranges […]
- 1767, Select Essays on Husbandry
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
plumb m
References
- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 109, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
Romanian
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Etymology
Noun
plumb n (uncountable)
- lead (metal)
- Plumbul este otrăvitor pentru oameni.
- Lead is poisonous to humans.
- lead (chemical element)
Declension
declension of plumb (singular only)
Derived terms
Related terms
Noun
plumb m (plural plumbi)
Declension
Declension of plumb
Synonyms
Noun
plumb n (plural plumburi)
Declension
Declension of plumb
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) plumb | plumbul | (niște) plumburi | plumburile |
genitive/dative | (unui) plumb | plumbului | (unor) plumburi | plumburilor |
vocative | plumbule | plumburilor |
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