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plumb Verb 1. to understand (something obscure): to plumb a mystery 2. plumb the depths (usually foll. by of) 3. to experience the worst extremes (of something): to plumb the depths of despair 4. to test the alignment of or make vertical with a plumb line 5. (foll. by in, into)to connect (an appliance or fixture) to a water pipe or drainage system: the shower should be plumbed in professionally Noun 1. a lead weight hanging at the end of a string and used to test the depth of water or to test whether something is vertical 2. out of plumb not vertical Adverb 1. vertical or perpendicular 2. Informal, chiefly US utterly: plumb stupid 3. Informal exactly: plumb in the centre [Latin plumbum lead]
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plumb Translationsn → plomo adv (= exactly) → exactamente, en punto vt → sondar; (fig) → sondear plumb in vt [+ washing machine] → conectar n → plomb m adv (= exactly) → en plein vt → sonder plumb in vt [+ washing machine] → faire le raccordement de plumb in plumb vt → anschließen, installieren n → piombo adv (= exactly) → esattamente vt → sondare plumb in vt [+ washing machine] → collegare all'impianto idraulico |
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Arobin had put on his coat, and he stood before her and asked if his cravat was plumb. Oh, she was plumb deef en dumb, Huck, plumb deef en dumb -- en I'd ben a- treat'n her so This silence was broken by one of the brethren, who led Pierre up to the rug and began reading to him from a manuscript book an explanation of all the figures on it: the sun, the moon, a hammer, a plumb line, a trowel, a rough stone and a squared stone, a pillar, three windows, and so on. |
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