plumb

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
2. A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
3. The perpendicular direction or position.

Adj

1. Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.
2. Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of their wicket and should be given out.

Adv

1. (not-comparable) In a vertical direction; perpendicularly.
2. (informal, not-comparable) Squarely, directly; deeply, completely.

Verb

1. To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
2. To attach to a water supply and drain.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of.
4. To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
5. To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
6. (dated) To seal something with lead.
7. (intransitive) To work as a plumber.
8. (rare) To fall or sink like a plummet.
9. (US, colloquial, figuratively, obsolete) To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.
10. To position vertically above or below.

Έννοιες

ακριβώς

μολύβι

στάθμη

στάθμιση

βαρίδι

βολίδα

βολίς στάθμης

εξισώνω

κατακόρυφος

τετραγωνίζω

Συνώνυμα

plummet

vertical

sheer

plumb bob

plum

fathom

sound

🔉

precisely

exactly

bob

lead

perpendicular

sinker

level

plumb line

clean

sounding lead

fully

hang over

in full

just

maximally

normal

pencil

📝

perfectly

perpendicularly

plop

probe

quite

roaring

sag

shot

slack

sounding line

soundly

sound out

square

stark

starkly

straight

straightforward

⬆️

sublimely

survey

totally

unconditionally

utterly

vertically

very

well

wholly

Μεταφράσεις

Lot

plomada

loodrecht

Senkblei

sondare

🔉

sonder

scandagliare

🔉

piombino

🦭

peilen

prune

loten

🔉

peilen

lotrecht

plomber

prunier

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/plʌm/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: plumbe

In summary

From Middle English plumbe, plumme, from Old French *plombe, from Latin plumba, plural of plumbum.