plumb – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: bob,
quantify,
measure,
weight down,
weight,
burthen,
burden,
explore,
adjust,
correct,
set
plumb
adv.
perpendicularly; vertically; utterly, quite, completely, totally (Slang)
adj.
vertical, perpendicular
v.
measure depth using a plumb; make perpendicular to
n.
plummet, plumb line; lead weight used to determine perpendicularity
Plumb
plumb
Noun
1. the metal bob of a plumb line
(synonym) plumb bob, plummet
(hypernym) bob
(part-holonym) plumb line, perpendicular
Verb
1. measure the depth of something
(hypernym) quantify, measure
(derivation) bathymetry, plumbing
2. weight with lead
(hypernym) burden, burthen, weight, weight down
(derivation) plumb bob, plummet
3. examine thoroughly and in great depth
(hypernym) explore
4. adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
(hypernym) adjust, set, correct
(derivation) plumb bob, plummet
Adjective
1. exactly vertical; "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb"
(similar) vertical, perpendicular
Adverb
1. completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"
(synonym) clean, plum
(classification) cant, jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
2. conforming to the direction of a plumb line
3. exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle"
(synonym) plum
(classification) colloquialism
Plumb
(v. t.)
To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.
(v. t.)
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.
(v. t.)
To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
(v. t.)
To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
(n.)
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.
(adv.)
In a plumb direction; perpendicularly.
(a.)
Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
plumb
mineral lead
(glonte) = slug, bullet
(plumb de garanţie) = lead