plumb

Definitions

1. 1noun

   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.

2. 2adjective

   Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.

3. 3adverb

   In a plumb direction; perpendicularly.

4. 4transitive verb

   To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.

5. 5transitive verb

   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.

6. 6transitive verb

   To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.

7. 7transitive verb

   To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.

8. 8noun

   the metal bob of a plumb line

   Synonyms

   plummet
9. 9verb

   adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical

10. 10verb

    examine thoroughly and in great depth

11. 11verb

    measure the depth of something

12. 12verb

    weight with lead

13. 13adjective

    exactly vertical

    "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb"

14. 14adverb

    completely; used as intensifiers

    "clean forgot the appointment"

    "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"

    Synonyms

    cleanplum
15. 15adverb

    exactly

    "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle"

    Synonyms

    plum
16. 16adverb

    conforming to the direction of a plumb line