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truly vertical
: To work as a plumber
To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool
To seal something with lead
To attach to a water supply and drain
Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of his wicket and should be given out
To position vertically above or below
To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of, especially to plumb the depths of
To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end
To fall or sink like a plummet
To accurately align vertically or horizontally
To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound
a weight suspended by a line to test the verticality of something
{n} a leaden weight on a line, a plummet
{v} to found, to adjest
{a} perpendicular
To determine the depth of water with a plumb; to sound
weight with lead
to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob
The term used to define a vertical element that is perfectly perpendicular to a level surface above or below
A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water
Perfectly vertical or perpendicular
Exactly perpendicular; vertical
To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall
Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb
vertical; aligned with the force of gravity
{f} measure depth using a plumb; make perpendicular to
Squarely, directly; completely
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)
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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Perfectly vertical
See Plumb line, below
Vertical
conforming to the direction of a plumb line
To make something vertical or perpendicular accurately
To sound with a plumb or plummet, as the depth of water; hence, to examine by test; to ascertain the depth, quality, dimension, etc
Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front on his wicket and should be given out
exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle"
In a vertical direction
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"
completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"
perpendicularly; vertically; utterly, quite, completely, totally (Slang)
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
Meaning absolutely vertical or square An accurate measurement taken using a weight and string or a level
Perfectly vertical, perpendicular with the floor
The verticality of brickwork
{i} plummet, plumb line; lead weight used to determine perpendicularity
Exactly perpendicular or vertical; at right angles tot he horizon or floor
To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe
In a plumb direction; perpendicularly
To work as a plumber
adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
to sound; to fathom; to test
Exactly vertical and perpendicular
This is a term indicating that something is vertical Typically a level is used to determine when something is plumb
examine thoroughly and in great depth
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
To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing
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
A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc
{s} vertical, perpendicular
To use a plumb bob to test for vertical alignment
the metal bob of a plumb line
measure the depth of something
exactly vertical; "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb"
That which is vertically perpendicular as measured with a spirit level or plumb bob
The exact karat amount legally required E g 14K plumb would be exactly 58 33 Wt% Au
To prepare the pumbing lines for a faucet or fixture Also a reference to true vertical
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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