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- DictionaryPlumb/pləm/
verb
- 1. measure (the depth of a body of water): "I plumbed the depth and found the bottom of the shelf to be seven meters 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 plumb bob.
adverb
- 1. exactly: informal "a bassoonist who sits plumb in the middle of the wind section"
- 2. vertically: archaic "drapery fell from their human forms plumb down"
adjective
- 1. vertical: "ensure that the baseboard is straight and plumb"
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Check pronunciation: plumb. Definition of plumb verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Plumb definition, 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. See more.
3 days ago · plumb in British English. (plʌm ) 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.
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 ...
See synonyms for plumb on Thesaurus.com 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.
May 18, 2024 · 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.
plumb (plum), n. Building, Surveying 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. Cf. plumb line. Idioms out of or off plumb, not corresponding to the perpendicular; out of true. adj. true according to a plumb line; perpendicular.
