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Substantiivi

1. A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
2. Obsolete form of plum (“the fruit”).
3. (nautical) A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
4. The perpendicular direction or position.

Adjektiivi

1. Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.
2. (cricket) Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of their wicket and should be given out.

Adverbi

1. In a vertical direction; perpendicularly.
2. (informal) Squarely, directly; deeply, completely.

Verbi

1. To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
2. To attach to a water supply and drain.
3. (transitive, figurative) To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of.
4. To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
5. To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
6. (dated) To seal something with lead.
7. (intransitive) To work as a plumber.
8. (rare) To fall or sink like a plummet.
9. (US, colloquial, figuratively, obsolete) To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.
10. (nautical) To position vertically above or below.