plumb

[Plumb]

To plumb a body of water, you measure its depth. To plumb a house, you connect all of its pipes. To make carpentry plumb, you get it exactly vertical.

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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.

Noun
the metal bob of a plumb line

Verb
adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical

Verb
examine thoroughly and in great depth

Verb
measure the depth of something

Verb
weight with lead

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Adjective S.
exactly vertical; "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb"

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

Adverb
exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle"

Adverb
conforming to the direction of a plumb line

n.
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.

a.
Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.

adv.
In a plumb direction; perpendicularly.

v. t.
To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.

v. t.
To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.

Plumb

Plumb , n. [F. plomb, L. plumbum lead, a leaden ball or bullet; cf. Gr. , , . Cf. Plummet, Plunge.] 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. Plumb bob. See Bob, 4. -- Plumb joint, in sheet-metal work, a lap joint, fastened by solder. -- Plumb level. See under Level. -- Plumb line. (a) The cord by which a plumb bob is suspended; a plummet. (b) A line directed to the center of gravity of the earth. -- Plumb rule, a narrow board with a plumb line, used by builders and carpenters.

Plumb

Plumb, a. Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.

Plumb

Plumb, adv. In a plumb direction; perpendicularly. "Plumb down he falls." Milton.

Plumb

Plumb, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumbed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Plumbing .] 1. To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall. 2. 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.

He did not attempt to plumb his intellect.

3. To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe. 4. To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.

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.

Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.

In a plumb direction; perpendicularly.

To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.

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