Plumb

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plumb \Plumb\ (pl[u^]m), n. [F. plomb, L. plumbum lead, a leaden
     ball or bullet; cf. Gr. mo`lybos, mo`libos, mo`lybdos. 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.


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     {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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plumb \Plumb\, a.
     Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line
     attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plumb \Plumb\, adv.
     In a plumb direction; perpendicularly. "Plumb down he falls."
     --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plumb \Plumb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plumbed} (pl[u^]md); p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Plumbing} (pl[u^]m"[i^]ng).]
     1. To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular;
        as, to plumb a building or a wall.
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     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.
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              He did not attempt to plumb his intellect. --Ld.
                                                    Lytton.
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     3. To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
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     4. To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  plumb
       adj : exactly vertical; "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb"
       n : the metal bob of a plumb line [syn: {plumb bob}, {plummet}]
       adv 1: completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the
              appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out" [syn:
               {clean}, {plum}]
       2: conforming to the direction of a plumb line
       3: exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle" [syn: {plum}]
       v 1: measure the depth of something
       2: weight with lead
       3: examine thoroughly and in great depth
       4: adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  288 Moby Thesaurus words for "plumb":
     T square, absolute, absolutely, accurately, all-embracing,
     all-encompassing, all-out, all-pervading, answer, aplomb, appraise,
     appreciate, assay, assess, at right angles, azimuth circle, bang,
     bar, barricade, batten, batten down, bob, bolt, born, bottom,
     broad-based, button, button up, calculate, calibrate, caliper,
     cast the lead, check a parameter, choke, choke off, clap, clean,
     clear, clear up, close, close up, come alive, completely,
     comprehensive, compute, congenital, constrict, consummate, contain,
     contract, cover, crack, dead, debug, decipher, decode, deep-dyed,
     definitely, delve, delve into, descry, dial, dig into, directly,
     discern, disentangle, divide, divine, do, dope, dope out,
     downright, dyed-in-the-wool, egregious, entirely, estimate,
     evaluate, even, exactly, exhaustive, explain, explore, expressly,
     faithfully, fasten, fathom, figure out, find out, find the answer,
     find the solution, flush, fold, fold up, full, fully, gauge, get,
     get right, go into, graduate, guess, guess right, have it, hit it,
     in all respects, in every respect, indagate, intensive, interpret,
     investigate, ipsissimis verbis, irretrievably, irrevocably, just,
     kerplunk, key, latch, lead, literally, literatim, lock, lock out,
     lock up, look into, make a sounding, make out, measure, mensurate,
     mete, meter, normal, occlude, omnibus, omnipresent, open the lock,
     orthodiagonal, orthogonal, out-and-out, outright, pace, padlock,
     peer into, penetrate, perceive, perfect, perfectly, perpendicular,
     perpendicularly, pervasive, pierce, plain, plop, plumb bob,
     plumb line, plumb rule, plumb the depths, plumb-line, plummet,
     plump, plunging, plunk, point-blank, poke into, positively,
     precipitous, precisely, prize, probe, pry into, psych, psych out,
     pure, puzzle out, quantify, quantize, quite, radical, rate, ravel,
     ravel out, regular, resolve, riddle, right, right angle,
     right-angle, right-angled, right-angular, rigidly, rigorously,
     sandbag, seal, seal off, seal up, search into, secure, see,
     see daylight, see into, see the light, see through, set,
     set square, sheer, sheerly, shut, shut the door, shut up, sift,
     sinker, size, size up, slam, slap, sling the lead, smack,
     smack-dab, snap, solve, sort out, sound, span, spang, spot, square,
     squarely, squeeze shut, stark, steep, step, straight, straight-up,
     straight-up-and-down, strangle, strictly, survey, sweeping,
     take a reading, take soundings, thorough, thoroughgoing,
     thoroughly, through-and-through, to the letter, total, triangulate,
     try square, ubiquitous, unconditional, undeviatingly, undo,
     unerringly, universal, unlock, unmitigated, unqualified, unravel,
     unrelievedly, unreserved, unrestricted, unriddle, unscramble,
     untangle, untwist, unweave, up and down, up-and-down, upright,
     utter, utterly, valuate, value, verbally, verbatim,
     verbatim et litteratim, veritable, vertical, vertical circle,
     weigh, weight, wholesale, wholly, word by word, word for word,
     work, work out, zip up, zipper