plumb

Meanings

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

1. Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.
2. Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of their wicket and should be given out.

1. In a vertical direction; perpendicularly.
2. Squarely, directly; deeply, completely.

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.
4. To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
5. To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
6. To seal something with lead.
7. To work as a plumber.
8. To fall or sink like a plummet.
9. To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.
10. To position vertically above or below.

1. Obsolete spelling of plum (“the fruit”).

1. A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English plumbe, plumme, from Old French *plombe, from Latin plumba, plural of plumbum.