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   plumb

   /plʌm/

   verb

   • 1. measure (the depth of a body of water): "I plumbed the depth and found the bottom of the shelf to be seven metres down"
   • ▪ (of water) be of a specified depth: "at its deepest the lake scarcely plumbed seven feet"
   • ▪ explore or experience fully or to extremes: "she had plumbed the depths of depravity"
   • 2. test (an upright surface) to determine the vertical: "they are valuable aids in plumbing the frames and keeping the side of the ship fair"

   noun

   • 1. a ball of lead or other heavy object attached to the end of a line for finding the depth of water or determining the vertical on an upright surface.

   adverb

   • 1. exactly: informal "trading opportunities plumb in the centre of central Europe" Similar rightexactlypreciselydirectlydeadstraightwithout interruptioninformal:bangslapslap bangsmack
   • ▪ extremely or completely: North American "they must both be plumb crazy" Similar utterlyabsolutelycompletelydownrighttotallyentirelywhollybeyondquitealtogetherthoroughlystark
   • 2. vertically: archaic "drapery fell from their human forms plumb down" Similar verticallyperpendicularlystraight upstraight up and down

   adjective

   • 1. vertical: "ensure that the skirting is straight and plumb"
   • ▪ (of the wicket) level; true.

   Word Origin Middle English (originally in the sense ‘sounding lead’): via Old French from Latin plumbum ‘lead’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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