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Meaning:
Adjective:
- cricket Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of his wicket and should be given out.
- truly vertical
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Adverb:
- In a vertical direction.
- informal Squarely, directly; completely.
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Noun:
- 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).
- A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
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Verb:
- US colloq.|fig. obs. To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.
- dated To seal something with lead.
- intransitive: To work as a plumber.
- nautical To position vertically above or below.
- rare To fall or sink like a plummet.
- To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
- To attach to a water supply and drain.
- To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
- To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of, esp. '''''to plumb the depths of'''''.
- To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
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