plumb

plumb

plumb (third-person singular simple present plumbs, present participle plumbing, simple past and past participle plumbed)

1. To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
2. To attach to a water supply and drain.
3. To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of, especially to plumb the depths 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 colloq., fig. obs.) To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.
10. (nautical) To position vertically above or below.

plumb (plural plumbs)

1. A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
2. (nautical) A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.

plumb (comparative more plumb, superlative most plumb)

1. truly vertical
2. (cricket) Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of his wicket and should be given out.

plumb (not comparable)

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

   It hit him plumb in the middle of his face.

   Years ago the well plumb dried out, not a drop of water in there since.

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	To open a device, associate it with a physical interface or create a specific named logical interface, and set up the streams needed for IPv4 and IPv6 to use the device.

esattamente

esatto

filo a piombo

perpendicolare

piombino

piombo

scandagliare

sondare

verticale

verticalmente

Altri significati:

To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.

To attach to a water supply and drain.

To accurately align vertically or horizontally.

(dated) To seal something with lead.

In a vertical direction.

A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob (UK); a plumb line (US).

(informal) Squarely, directly; completely.

(rare) To fall or sink like a plummet.

To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.

(cricket) Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of his wicket and should be given out.

To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of, especially to plumb the depths of.

truly vertical

(intransitive): To work as a plumber.

(nautical) To position vertically above or below.

A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.

(US colloq., fig. obs.) To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.

Traduzione 'veloce'

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