EGAVE

plumb

About 0.99 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
  2. noun A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
  3. noun The perpendicular direction or position.
  4. adjective Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.
  5. adjective Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of their wicket and should be given out.
  6. adverb In a vertical direction; perpendicularly.
  7. adverb Squarely, directly; deeply, completely.
    It hit him plumb in the middle of his face.
  8. verb To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.

Similar words

plumb bob plummet vertical perpendicular plum clean bob completely really bobs

Often followed by

line the bob and in lines plan to crazy

Word family

plumbed plumbing plumbs

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