English to English
adjective
- Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- the metal bob of a plumb line
source: WordNet 3.0
- A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob. See Plumb line, below.
source: Webster 1913
adverb
- completely; used as intensifiers
Clean forgot the appointment.
I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out.
source: WordNet 3.0
- conforming to the direction of a plumb line
source: WordNet 3.0
- exactly
Fell plumb in the middle of the puddle.
source: WordNet 3.0
- In a plumb direction; perpendicularly.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- exactly vertical
The tower of Pisa is far out of plumb.
source: WordNet 3.0
verb
- measure the depth of something
source: WordNet 3.0
- weight with lead
source: WordNet 3.0
- examine thoroughly and in great depth
source: WordNet 3.0
- adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
source: WordNet 3.0
- To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [plamb] Pabató
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
