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- Dictionaryplumb/plʌm/
verb
- 1. measure (the depth of a body of water): "I plumbed the depth and found the bottom of the shelf to be seven metres down"
- 2. test (an upright surface) to determine the vertical: "they are valuable aids in plumbing the frames and keeping the side of the ship fair"
noun
- 1. a ball of lead or other heavy object attached to the end of a line for finding the depth of water or determining the vertical on an upright surface.
adverb
- 1. exactly: informal "trading opportunities plumb in the centre of central Europe" Similar
- 2. vertically: archaic "drapery fell from their human forms plumb down" Similar
adjective
- 1. vertical: "ensure that the skirting is straight and plumb"
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PLUMB definition: 1. to supply a building or a device with water pipes, or to connect a building or a device to a…. Learn more.
The meaning of PLUMB is a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction. How to use plumb in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Plumb.
noun. 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. Compare plumb line.
PLUMB meaning: 1. to supply a building or a device with water pipes, or to connect a building or a device to a…. Learn more.
noun. 1. a weight, usually of lead, suspended at the end of a line and used to determine water depth or verticality. 2. the perpendicular position of a freely suspended plumb line (esp in the phrases out of plumb, off plumb) adjective also: plum. 3. (prenominal) informal, mainly US. ( intensifier) a plumb nuisance.
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.
n. 1. A weight on the end of a line, used to determine water depth. 2. A weight on the end of a line, used especially by masons and carpenters to establish a true vertical. adv. 1. In a vertical or perpendicular line. 2. Informal Directly; squarely: fell plumb in the middle of the puddle.
Definition of plumb verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English plumb1 /plʌm/ verb [ transitive] 1 → plumb the depths (of despair/misery/bad taste etc) 2 to succeed in understanding something completely SYN fathom Psychologists try to plumb the deepest mysteries of the human psyche. → plumb something ↔ in → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus plumb • Who ca...
1. If you plumb something mysterious or difficult to understand, you succeed in understanding it. [literary] [...] 2. If something is plumb in a particular place, it is exactly in that place. [informal] [...] 3. When someone plumbs a building, they put in all the pipes for carrying water. [...] More. Pronunciations of the word 'plumb'
