English to English
plumb
(pl/@/m
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adjective (a)
- Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (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.(noun)source: webster1913
adverb (r)
- conforming to the direction of a plumb line(adv.all)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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