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plumb1
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v. [tr.]
1.
measure (the depth of a body of water).
∎ [intr.]
(of water) be of a specified depth:
at its deepest, the lake scarcely plumbed seven feet.
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explore or experience fully or to extremes:
she had plumbed the depths of depravity.
2.
test (an upright surface) to determine the vertical.
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n.
a plumb bob.
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adv.
1. inf.
exactly:
a contrabassoonist who sits plumb in the middle of the wind section.
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to a very high degree; extremely:
they must both be plumb crazy.
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completely:
the transmission was plumb worn out.
2. archaic
vertically:
drapery fell from their human forms plumb down.
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adj.
vertical:
ensure that the baseboard is straight and plumb.
PHRASES:
out of plumb
not exactly vertical:
the towers are inclined, from four to ten feet out of plumb.
plumb2
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v. [tr.]
install and connect water and drainage pipes in (a building or room):
the house could not be plumbed at all.
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