Plumb



ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
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.
adjective
1.
Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.
verb
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) 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.
3.
(TRANSITIVE) To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
4.
(TRANSITIVE) To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.
adverb
1.
In a plumb direction; perpendicularly.