PLUMB


Meaning of PLUMB in English

— plumbable , adj. — plumbless , adj. — plumbness , n.

/plum/ , n.

1. a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Cf. plumb line .

2. out of or off plumb , not corresponding to the perpendicular; out of true.

adj.

3. true according to a plumb line; perpendicular.

4. Informal. downright or absolute.

adv.

5. in a perpendicular or vertical direction.

6. exactly, precisely, or directly.

7. Informal. completely or absolutely: She was plumb mad. You're plumb right.

v.t.

8. to test or adjust by a plumb line.

9. to make vertical.

10. Shipbuilding. horn (def. 35).

11. to sound with or as with a plumb line.

12. to measure (depth) by sounding.

13. to examine closely in order to discover or understand: to plumb someone's thoughts.

14. to seal with lead.

15. to weight with lead.

16. to provide (a house, building, apartment, etc.) with plumbing.

v.i.

17. to work as a plumber.

Also, plum (for defs. 3-7).

[ 1250-1300; ME plumbe, prob. plombe plumba, for L plumbum lead ]

Syn. 3. vertical, straight, square.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .