plumb

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: plŭm, IPA(key): /plʌm/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /plʊm/ Rhymes: -ʌm Homophone: plum === Etymology 1 === From Middle English plumbe, plumme, from Old French *plombe, from Latin plumba, plural of plumbum. ==== Noun ==== plumb (plural plumbs) A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction. (nautical) A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water. The perpendicular direction or position. ===== Synonyms ===== (construction): plummet, plumb bob (UK), plumb line (US) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== plumb (comparative more plumb, superlative most plumb) Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line. (cricket) Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of their wicket and should be given out. ===== Synonyms ===== (truly vertical): perpendicular ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Adverb ==== plumb (not comparable) In a vertical direction; perpendicularly. (informal) Squarely, directly; deeply, completely. ===== Derived terms ===== plumb crazy ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== plumb (third-person singular simple present plumbs, present participle plumbing, simple past and past participle plumbed) To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound. To attach to a water supply and drain. (transitive, figurative) To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of. to plumb the depths of To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool. To accurately align vertically or horizontally. (dated) To seal something with lead. (intransitive) To work as a plumber. Synonym: plumber (rare) To fall or sink like a plummet. (US, colloquial, figuratively, obsolete) To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end. (nautical) To position vertically above or below. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== plumb (plural plumbs) Obsolete spelling of plum (“the fruit”). == Albanian == === Alternative forms === plum — Gheg === Etymology === Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin plumbum (“lead”). === Noun === plumb m (definite plumbi) lead (metal) bullet ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “plumb”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006 FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980 Newmark, Leonard (1999), “plumb”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[3], Oxford: Oxford University Press == Romanian == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin plumbum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plumb/ Rhymes: -umb Hyphenation: plumb === Noun === plumb n (uncountable) lead (metal) lead (chemical element) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== plumburiu plumbui plumbos ==== Related terms ==== plumbar === Noun === plumb m (plural plumbi) bullet, projectile ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== glonț === Noun === plumb n (plural plumburi) (dated, chiefly Moldavia (region)) pencil Synonym: creion ==== Declension ====