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Adverb: plumb plúm- Completely; used as intensifiers
"I'm plumb tuckered out" - clean, plum - Conforming to the direction of a plumb line
- Exactly
"fell plumb in the middle of the puddle" - plum Verb: plumb plúm- Measure the depth of something
- Weight with lead
- Examine thoroughly and in great depth
- Adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
Noun: plumb plúm- The metal bob of a plumb line
- plumb bob, plummet Adjective: plumb plúm- Exactly vertical
"the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb"
Sounds like: plum Derived forms: plumbs, plumbed, plumbing See also: perpendicular, plumbing, vertical Type of: adjust, bob, burden, burthen, correct, explore, measure, quantify, set, weight, weight down Part of: perpendicular, plumb line Encyclopedia: Plumb |