plumbs

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plural of , plumb
third-person singular of plumb
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truly vertical
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: To work as a plumber
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To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool
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To seal something with lead
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To attach to a water supply and drain
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Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of his wicket and should be given out
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To position vertically above or below
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To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of, especially to plumb the depths of
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To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end
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To fall or sink like a plummet
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To accurately align vertically or horizontally
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To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound
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a weight suspended by a line to test the verticality of something
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{n} a leaden weight on a line, a plummet
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{v} to found, to adjest
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{a} perpendicular
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To determine the depth of water with a plumb; to sound
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weight with lead
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to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob
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The term used to define a vertical element that is perfectly perpendicular to a level surface above or below
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A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water
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Perfectly vertical or perpendicular
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Exactly perpendicular; vertical
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To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall
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Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb
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vertical; aligned with the force of gravity
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{f} measure depth using a plumb; make perpendicular to
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Squarely, directly; completely
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A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob (UK); a plumb line (US)
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When someone plumbs a building, they put in all the pipes for carrying water. She learned to wire and plumb the house herself
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plumbing
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Perfectly vertical
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See Plumb line, below
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Vertical
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conforming to the direction of a plumb line
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To make something vertical or perpendicular accurately
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To sound with a plumb or plummet, as the depth of water; hence, to examine by test; to ascertain the depth, quality, dimension, etc
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Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front on his wicket and should be given out
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exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle"
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In a vertical direction
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adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical examine thoroughly and in great depth measure the depth of something weight with lead exactly vertical; "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb"
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completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"
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perpendicularly; vertically; utterly, quite, completely, totally (Slang)
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If you plumb something mysterious or difficult to understand, you succeed in understanding it. She never abandoned her attempts to plumb my innermost emotions = fathom
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Meaning absolutely vertical or square An accurate measurement taken using a weight and string or a level
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Perfectly vertical, perpendicular with the floor
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The verticality of brickwork
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{i} plummet, plumb line; lead weight used to determine perpendicularity
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Exactly perpendicular or vertical; at right angles tot he horizon or floor
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To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe
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In a plumb direction; perpendicularly
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To work as a plumber
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adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
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to sound; to fathom; to test
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Exactly vertical and perpendicular
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This is a term indicating that something is vertical Typically a level is used to determine when something is plumb
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examine thoroughly and in great depth
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If someone plumbs the depths of an unpleasant emotion or quality, they experience it or show it to an extreme degree. They frequently plumb the depths of loneliness, humiliation and despair
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To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing
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Plumb is the opposite of level Holding a level perpendicular to the ground is plumb Walls are said to be plumb and floor systems are referred to as level
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A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc
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{s} vertical, perpendicular
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To use a plumb bob to test for vertical alignment
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the metal bob of a plumb line
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measure the depth of something
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exactly vertical; "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb"
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That which is vertically perpendicular as measured with a spirit level or plumb bob
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The exact karat amount legally required E g 14K plumb would be exactly 58 33 Wt% Au
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To prepare the pumbing lines for a faucet or fixture Also a reference to true vertical
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If you say that something plumbs new depths, you mean that it is worse than all the things of its kind that have existed before, even though some of them have been very bad. Relations between the two countries have plumbed new depths
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