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plummet [ˈplʌmɪt] vb -mets, -meting, -meted (intr) to drop down; plunge n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) another word for plumb bob 2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Angling) a lead plumb used by anglers to determine the depth of water [from Old French plommet ball of lead, from plomb lead, from Latin plumbum] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
plummet Translations plummet [ˈplʌmɪt] A. N → plomada f B. VI [bird, plane etc] → caer en picado or (LAm) en picada; [temperature, price, sales] → bajar de golpe; [spirits, morale] → caer a plomo plummet n vi (bird, plane etc) → hinunterstürzen; (Econ) (sales figures etc) → stark zurückgehen; (currency, shares etc) → fallen, absacken; the pound has plummetted to EUR 1.40 → das Pfund ist auf EUR 1,40 gefallen or abgesackt; he has plummetted again to the depths of despair → er ist wieder in tiefster Verzweiflung plummet [ˈplʌmɪt] vi (bird) → calare a piombo; (plane) → precipitare; (temperature, price, sales) → calare bruscamente; (spirits, morale) → calare a zero v plummet [ˈplamit] (of a heavy weight) to fall or drop swiftly The rock plummeted to the bottom of the cliff. tuimel يَسْقُط لِثِقَلِه падам zřítit se , sletět styrte stürzen πέφτω κατακόρυφα caer en picado (püstloodis) langema فرو افتادن syöksyä tomber à pic לִצנוֹחַ सीधे गिर जाना okomito,naglo pasti (le)zuhan jatuh stingast, steypast cadere a piombo/picco 落ちる 곤두박질치다 smarkiai kristi/virsti ātri krist batu ladung pijlsnel vallen styrte, falle loddrett walić się, spadać cair a pique a se prăvăli резко падать zrútiť sa, zletieť strmoglaviti stropoštati rasa, störta ตกฮวบลง dikine düşmek 驟然跌落 різко впасти آرام سے گرنا lao thẳng xuống 骤然跌落 n An indicator hung down to see if something is vertical. das Lot paino (le)zuhan jatuh 다림줄 švininis svambalas çekül 測鉛 Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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ascend dismayed dismaying dive downwardly downwards drop fall Ikaria nosedive officiating officiation Officiator orb weaver perpendicular plumb plumb bob plumb line Plummet line | He stopped his horse, raised the trap and dropped his phonographic voice, like a lead plummet, through the aperture: This spring, or rather these two springs, are two holes, each about two feet diameter, a stone's cast distant from each other; the one is but about five feet and a half in depth--at least we could not get our plummet farther, perhaps because it was stopped by roots, for the whole place is full of trees; of the other, which is somewhat less, with a line of ten feet we could find no bottom, and were assured by the inhabitants that none ever had been found. Yet even then beyond the reach of any plummet --"out of the belly of hell" --when the whale grounded upon the ocean's utmost bones, even then, God heard the engulphed, repenting prophet when he cried. |
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