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Plumb – exactly vertical: plumb in the center; determine the depth of; experience in extremes: plumb the depths of fear; provide with plumbing; work as a plumber plume – a soft, fluffy feather: the plume of an egret; emissions from a stack, flue, or chimney: a plume of smoke.

plumb

exactly vertical:

1. It is perhaps a loan-word from an extinct language of the western Mediterranean (based on similarities of words in Berber and Basque). The -b was restored in English after c. Plumb-rule is attested from c.
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plumb in the center; determine the depth of; experience in extremes: plumb the depths of fear; provide with plumbing; work as a plumber
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plumb

(plŭm)n.adv.adj.v.tr.Idiom:

plumb

(plʌm) nadjadvvb

plumb

(plʌm)
n. adj. adv. v.t. v.i. Idioms: Also, plum (for defs. 3-7).

plumb

Past participle: plumbed
Gerund: plumbing

Imperative
plumb
plumb

Present
I plumb
you plumb
he/she/it plumbs
we plumb
you plumb
they plumb

Preterite
I plumbed
you plumbed
he/she/it plumbed
we plumbed
you plumbed
they plumbed

Present Continuous
I am plumbing
you are plumbing
he/she/it is plumbing
we are plumbing
you are plumbing
they are plumbing

Present Perfect
I have plumbed
you have plumbed
he/she/it has plumbed
we have plumbed
you have plumbed
they have plumbed

Past Continuous
I was plumbing
you were plumbing
he/she/it was plumbing
we were plumbing
you were plumbing
they were plumbing

Past Perfect
I had plumbed
you had plumbed
he/she/it had plumbed
we had plumbed
you had plumbed
they had plumbed

Future
I will plumb
you will plumb
he/she/it will plumb
we will plumb
you will plumb
they will plumb

Future Perfect
I will have plumbed
you will have plumbed
he/she/it will have plumbed
we will have plumbed
you will have plumbed
they will have plumbed

Future Continuous
I will be plumbing
you will be plumbing
he/she/it will be plumbing
we will be plumbing
you will be plumbing
they will be plumbing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been plumbing
you have been plumbing
he/she/it has been plumbing
we have been plumbing
you have been plumbing
they have been plumbing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been plumbing
you will have been plumbing
he/she/it will have been plumbing
we will have been plumbing
you will have been plumbing
they will have been plumbing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been plumbing
you had been plumbing
he/she/it had been plumbing
we had been plumbing
you had been plumbing
they had been plumbing

Conditional
I would plumb
you would plumb
he/she/it would plumb
we would plumb
you would plumb
they would plumb

Past Conditional
I would have plumbed
you would have plumbed
he/she/it would have plumbed
we would have plumbed
you would have plumbed
they would have plumbed

Noun	1.	plumb - the metal bob of a plumb line plumb bob, plummet bob - a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string plumb line, perpendicular - a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity; used to determine the vertical from a given point
Verb	1.	plumb - measure the depth of something measure, quantify - express as a number or measure or quantity; 'Can you quantify your results?'
2.	plumb - weight with lead burden, burthen, weight, weight down - weight down with a load
3.	plumb - examine thoroughly and in great depth
4.	plumb - adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical adjust, correct, set - alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; 'Adjust the clock, please'; 'correct the alignment of the front wheels'
Adj.	1.	plumb - exactly vertical; 'the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb' vertical, perpendicular - at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line; 'a vertical camera angle'; 'the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab'; 'measure the perpendicular height'
Adv.	1.	plumb - completely; used as intensifiers; 'clean forgot the appointment'; 'I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out' jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); 'they don't speak our lingo'
2.	plumb - conforming to the direction of a plumb line
3.	plumb - exactly; 'fell plumb in the middle of the puddle' colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

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English[edit]

Wikipedia

Pronunciation[edit]

• enPR: plŭm, IPA^(key): /plʌm/

• Audio (US)

• Audio (AU)

• Rhymes: -ʌm
• Homophone: plum

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old French*plombe, from Latinplumba, plural of plumbum.

Adjective[edit]

plumb (comparativemore plumb, superlativemost plumb)

1. Trulyvertical, as indicated by a plumb line.
2. (cricket) Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of his wicket and should be given out.

Synonyms[edit]

• (truly vertical):perpendicular

Translations[edit]

Danish: lodret(da), vater Dutch: loodrecht(nl), in het lood Finnish: kohtisuora(fi)

Swedish: lodrät(sv)

Adverb[edit]

plumb (not comparable)

1. In a vertical direction; perpendicularly.
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost

     Plumb down he drops.

2. (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[edit]

Dutch: loodrecht(nl), in het lood

Finnish: kohtisuoraan, kohtisuorasti, kohtisuorassa

Chinese: Mandarin: 正(zh)(zhèng)

Finnish: suoraan(fi)(squarely); täysin(fi), kokonaan(fi)(completely)

Noun[edit]

plumb (pluralplumbs)

1. A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a verticaldirection.
2. (nautical) A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
3. The perpendicular direction or position.

Synonyms[edit]

• (construction):plummet, plumb bob (UK), plumb line (US)

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

plumb (third-person singular simple presentplumbs, present participleplumbing, simple past and past participleplumbed) Achievement unlocked 2gamefort.

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1. To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
2. To attach to a water supply and drain.
3. (transitive,figuratively) 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.

4. To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
5. To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
6. (dated) To seal something with lead.
7. (intransitive) To work as a plumber.
8. (rare) To fall or sink like a plummet.
9. (US,colloquial,figuratively,obsolete) To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.
10. (nautical) To position vertically above or below.

Translations[edit]

Finnish: luodata(fi)

Italian: appiombare

Finnish: ,

Finnish: syväluodata

Finnish: luodata(fi)

Finnish: rihdata

Finnish:

Finnish:

Finnish: ,

Finnish: seurata(fi)

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

plumb (pluralplumbs)

1. 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 […]

Plumb Bacovia

Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• plum (Gheg)^[1]

Plumb Supply

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latinplumbum(“lead”).^[2]

Noun[edit]

plumbm (definite singularplumbi)

1. lead (metal)

Declension[edit]

indefinite forms	definite forms
nominative	plumb	plumbi
accusative	plumb	plumbin
genitive (i/e/të/së)	plumbi	plumbit
dative	plumbi	plumbit
ablative	plumbi	plumbit

References[edit]

1. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 109, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998) , “plumb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 336

Romanian[edit]

Chemical element
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Etymology[edit]

From Latinplumbum(“lead”).

Noun[edit]

plumbn (uncountable)

Plumb Heat Homes

1. lead(metal)

   Plumbul este otrăvitor pentru oameni.

   Lead is poisonous to humans.

2. lead(chemical element)

Plumb Line

Declension[edit]

singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) plumb	plumbul
genitive/dative	(unui) plumb	plumbului
vocative	plumbule

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

plumbm (pluralplumbi)

1. bullet, projectile

Declension[edit]

singular		plural
indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) plumb	plumbul	(niște) plumbi	plumbii
genitive/dative	(unui) plumb	plumbului	(unor) plumbi	plumbilor
vocative	plumbule		plumbilor

Synonyms[edit]

Noun[edit]

plumbn (pluralplumburi)

1. (dated, chiefly Moldova)pencil

Plumb Versuri

Declension[edit]

singular		plural
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

Synonyms[edit]