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plumb

გამოთქმა: /plʌm/

ზედსართავი

Universal
  • vertical:ensure that the skirting is straight and plumb
  • Cricket (of the wicket) level; true.

ზმნისართი

Universal
  • 1 informal exactly:trading opportunities plumb in the centre of central Europe
  • [as submodifier] North American extremely or completely:they must both be plumb crazy
  • 2 archaic vertically:drapery fell from their human forms plumb down

არსებითი სახელი

Universal
  • 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.

ზმნა

Universal
  • 1measure (the depth of a body of water): I plumbed the depth and found the bottom of the shelf to be seven metres down
  • [no object, with adverbial] (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
  • 2test (an upright surface) to determine the vertical: they are valuable aids in plumbing the frames and keeping the side of the ship fair

out of plumb

not exactly vertical:the towers are inclined, from four to ten feet out of plumb

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