plumb
plumb is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
- 2.To sound with a plumb or plummet, as the depth of water; hence, to examine by test; to ascertain the depth, quality, dimension, etc.; to sound; to fathom; to test. He did not attempt to plumb his intellect. Ld. Lytton.
- 3.To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
- 4.To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abysmal
- air
- alley
- and
- angle
- angles
- ankle
- azimuth
- bar
- bathometer
- bathymetry
- benthal
- beyond
- blind
- block
- blockade
- bolt
- bottomless
- bung
- button
- caecal
- caecum
- cast
- choke
- circle
- cliff
- clinch
- close
- closure
- cock
- concavity
- constipation
- contraction
- cork
- corner
- cram
- crater
- cul-de-sac
- dam
- deep
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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