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plumb
(pl/@/m )

adjective (a)

  • Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • the metal bob of a plumb line(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    plumb bob, plummet
    source: wordnet30
  • 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)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

  • completely; used as intensifiers(adv.all)
    Example:
    I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out.
    Synonym:
    clean, plum
    source: wordnet30
  • conforming to the direction of a plumb line(adv.all)
    source: wordnet30
  • exactly(adv.all)
    Example:
    Fell plumb in the middle of the puddle.
    Synonym:
    flop, plum, right
    source: wordnet30
  • In a plumb direction; perpendicularly.(adverb)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • exactly vertical(adj.all)
    Example:
    The tower of Pisa is far out of plumb.
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • measure the depth of something(verb.cognition)
    source: wordnet30
  • weight with lead(verb.contact)
    source: wordnet30
  • examine thoroughly and in great depth(verb.cognition)
    source: wordnet30
  • adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical(verb.change)
    source: wordnet30
  • To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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