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11Plumb — Plumb, a. Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb. [1913 Webster] …
12Plumb — Plumb, adv. In a plumb direction; perpendicularly. Plumb down he falls. Milton. [1913 Webster] …
13plumb — Ⅰ. plumb [1] ► VERB 1) measure (the depth of water). 2) explore or experience fully or to extremes. 3) test (an upright surface) to determine the vertical. ► NOUN ▪ a lead ball or other heavy object attached to a line for finding the depth of… …
14plumb# — plumb vb *fathom, sound plumb adj *vertical, perpendicular …
15plumb — [adj] vertical erect, perpendicular, sheer, straight, straight up, up and down, upright; concept 581 Ant. flat, horizontal, level plumb [v] probe, go into delve, explore, fathom, gauge, get to the bottom of*, measure, penetrate, search, sound,… …
16plumb — index probe Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
17Plumb- — [↑ Plumbum] Namensstamm in Zus. mit der Bed. »Blei…«, vgl. Plumba …
18plumb|er|y — «PLUHM uhr ee», noun, plural er|ies. 1. the shop or workplace of a plumber. 2. the work of a plumber; plumbing …
19plumb|er — «PLUHM uhr», noun. 1. a person whose work is putting in and repairing water pipes and fixtures such as toilets and sinks, in buildings: »When the water pipe froze, we sent for a plumber. 2. U.S. Informal. a person assigned to stop leaks of secret …
20plumb — [[t]plʌ̱m[/t]] plumbs, plumbing, plumbed 1) VERB If you plumb something mysterious or difficult to understand, you succeed in understanding it. [LITERARY] [V n] She never abandoned her attempts to plumb my innermost emotions... [V n] Magda had… …
