plumb

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

sonder

plomber

prune

prunier

droit

étudier minutieusement

nettoyer

raccorder

vertical

Synonymes

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

Traductions

Lot

plomada

sondare

🔉

Senkblei

loodrecht

verticaal

peilen

volkomen

scandagliare

🔉

peilen

loten

🔉

lotrecht

precies

schietlood

piombino

🦭

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/plʌm/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: plumbe

In summary

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