Plumb

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

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

   “Customers turned away from rickety chairs, stands of drawers that refused to open, or had no handles, lop-sided wardrobes whose doors were out of plumb or whose mirrors were cracked.”

4. sıfat Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.
5. sıfat Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of their wicket and should be given out.
6. zarf In a vertical direction; perpendicularly.

   “Plumb down he drops.”

7. zarf Squarely, directly; deeply, completely.

   “It hit him plumb in the middle of his face.”

8. fiil To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
9. fiil To attach to a water supply and drain.

   “The kitchen sink is now plumbed in / up.”

10. fiil To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of.

    “to plumb the depths of”

11. fiil To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
12. fiil To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
13. fiil To seal something with lead.
14. fiil To work as a plumber.
15. fiil To fall or sink like a plummet.
16. fiil To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.
17. fiil To position vertically above or below.
18. isim Obsolete spelling of plum (“the fruit”).

    “Without attending to sub-divisions, all the pears are of one species, as well as all the apples, plumbs, peaches, cherries, lemons, citrons, oranges […]”

19. özel isim A surname.