Plumb
adverb
Exactly, directly or straightly.
The elevator dropped plumb down the shaft.
Often appears as...
- plumb in the middle
- plumb line
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Colloquial
verb
To measure the depth of something.
They used a plumb to check the depth of the water.
Often appears as...
- plumb depths
- plumb line
adjective
Being exact or direct.
His understanding of the subject was plumb.
Often appears as...
- plumb out of
- plumb crazy
noun
A small weight used by builders to ensure that something like a wall is vertical.
He used a plumb to ensure the wall was straight.
Often appears as...
- plumb bob
- plumb line
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Technical
verb
To understand or discover completely.
Scientists are attempting to plumb the mysteries of the universe.
Often appears as...
- plumb depths
- plumb the depths
Usage tips
Academic
adverb
Exactly, directly or straightly.
The elevator dropped plumb down the shaft.
Often appears as...
- plumb in the middle
- plumb line
Usage tips
Colloquial
verb
To measure the depth of something.
They used a plumb to check the depth of the water.
Often appears as...
- plumb depths
- plumb line
adjective
Being exact or direct.
His understanding of the subject was plumb.
Often appears as...
- plumb out of
- plumb crazy
noun
A small weight used by builders to ensure that something like a wall is vertical.
He used a plumb to ensure the wall was straight.
Often appears as...
- plumb bob
- plumb line
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To understand or discover completely.
Scientists are attempting to plumb the mysteries of the universe.
Often appears as...
- plumb depths
- plumb the depths
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Colloquial Usage
Used in casual conversation, not for formal writing.
You're standing plumb in my way!
Pro Tip 2/2Intensity Emphasis
Often used to emphasize the degree or intensity of an action.
I fell plumb asleep right there on the couch.
Pro Tip 1/2Colloquial Usage
Used in casual conversation, not for formal writing.
You're standing plumb in my way!
Pro Tip 2/2Intensity Emphasis
Often used to emphasize the degree or intensity of an action.
I fell plumb asleep right there on the couch.
Pro Tip 1/2Colloquial Usage
Used in casual conversation, not for formal writing.
You're standing plumb in my way!
Pro Tip 2/2Intensity Emphasis
Often used to emphasize the degree or intensity of an action.
I fell plumb asleep right there on the couch.
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What would happen if we...
This an emulation plumber who remembers that every day, for the last 20 years, they only ever worked two hours a day, a life of leisure. But what really happened is, every day they had a thousand copies, each of whom did a two-hour plumbing job, and only one of them went on to the next day.
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David Gallo: The deep...
Not only that, but on top -- the lifeblood -- that plumbing system turns off every year or so. Their plumbing system turns off, so the sites have to move. And then there's earthquakes, and then volcanic eruptions, on the order of one every five years, that completely wipes the area out.
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Dare to disagree PIPE...
This really was a needle in a haystack sort of search, so she asked everything she could think of. Had the children eaten boiled sweets? Had they consumed colored drinks? Did they eat fish and chips? Did they have indoor or outdoor plumbing? What time of life had they started school?
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Tal Golesworthy: How I...
And most importantly, commit you to a lifetime of anticoagulation therapy. Normally, warfarin. The thought of the surgery was not attractive. The thought of the warfarin was really quite frightening. So I said to myself, "I'm an engineer, I'm in R&D, this is just a plumbing problem."
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Confronting big waves PIPE...
well you know there's a lot of pressure for me to provide for my family but also get a steady income and a job and and I supposed to care so what should I do and thinking that she probably said well you've got a you know pick up this banner again and get perhaps a plumbing
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My $500 house in Detroit...
in one of the most maligned cities in the world. If we can do it in Detroit, you can do it wherever you're from, too. What I've learned over the last decade, building my house, wasn't so much about wiring or plumbing or carpentry -- although I did learn these things --
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The myth of the gay...
they're fighting about who he is and the life that he lives there's one thing more there's just one more thing you better understand I've taught myself to so cook fix plumbing build furniture I can even pet myself in a back when
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LZ Granderson: The myth...
I've taught myself to sew, cook, fix plumbing, build furniture, I can even pat myself on the back when necessary, all so I don't have to ask anyone for anything. There's nothing I need from anyone except for love and respect,
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Iceland's Volcanic World...
this is what gets me so fired up about them it's so rare to see these ecosystems you need for things to just align perfectly you need a tremendous source of heat a tremendous source of water the right plumbing system to get
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Chasing Rivers, Part 1:...
But it is different down here at the end, where severe plumbing on this southwest lifeline have sucked it dry, so we can eat baby spinach in January.
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What would happen if we...
This an emulation plumber who remembers that every day, for the last 20 years, they only ever worked two hours a day, a life of leisure. But what really happened is, every day they had a thousand copies, each of whom did a two-hour plumbing job, and only one of them went on to the next day.
Video examples
David Gallo: The deep...
Not only that, but on top -- the lifeblood -- that plumbing system turns off every year or so. Their plumbing system turns off, so the sites have to move. And then there's earthquakes, and then volcanic eruptions, on the order of one every five years, that completely wipes the area out.
Video examples
Dare to disagree PIPE...
This really was a needle in a haystack sort of search, so she asked everything she could think of. Had the children eaten boiled sweets? Had they consumed colored drinks? Did they eat fish and chips? Did they have indoor or outdoor plumbing? What time of life had they started school?
Video examples
Tal Golesworthy: How I...
And most importantly, commit you to a lifetime of anticoagulation therapy. Normally, warfarin. The thought of the surgery was not attractive. The thought of the warfarin was really quite frightening. So I said to myself, "I'm an engineer, I'm in R&D, this is just a plumbing problem."
Video examples
Confronting big waves PIPE...
well you know there's a lot of pressure for me to provide for my family but also get a steady income and a job and and I supposed to care so what should I do and thinking that she probably said well you've got a you know pick up this banner again and get perhaps a plumbing
Video examples
My $500 house in Detroit...
in one of the most maligned cities in the world. If we can do it in Detroit, you can do it wherever you're from, too. What I've learned over the last decade, building my house, wasn't so much about wiring or plumbing or carpentry -- although I did learn these things --
Video examples
The myth of the gay...
they're fighting about who he is and the life that he lives there's one thing more there's just one more thing you better understand I've taught myself to so cook fix plumbing build furniture I can even pet myself in a back when
Video examples
LZ Granderson: The myth...
I've taught myself to sew, cook, fix plumbing, build furniture, I can even pat myself on the back when necessary, all so I don't have to ask anyone for anything. There's nothing I need from anyone except for love and respect,
Video examples
Iceland's Volcanic World...
this is what gets me so fired up about them it's so rare to see these ecosystems you need for things to just align perfectly you need a tremendous source of heat a tremendous source of water the right plumbing system to get
Video examples
Chasing Rivers, Part 1:...
But it is different down here at the end, where severe plumbing on this southwest lifeline have sucked it dry, so we can eat baby spinach in January.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Michael Greger
American Author
When I was a child, doctors sent my grandmother home in a wheelchair to die. Diagnosed with end-stage heart disease, she already had so much scar tissue from bypass operations that the surgeons had essentially run out of plumbing. There was nothing more to do, they said; her life was over at 65.
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Andrew O'Hagan
Scottish Novelist
Writing a novel is an act of self-annihilation as much as self-discovery. You can kill whole appetites and flood whole depths while plumbing them, but if you are serious about it you also get to put something into the world that wasn't quite there before.
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John W. Gardner
American Educator
The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.
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Luke Campbell
British Boxer
I tried to go to college; I just picked a trade, did a plumbing test - and failed. And then I thought, 'I may as well look at things I have a passion for and enjoy.' And I went forward with my boxing.
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John Eldredge
American Author
I'm married. I have three children. I have a mortgage to pay. The plumbing breaks and the yard needs trimming. However, what my wife and children need most from me is my passion for them.
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Jacqueline Winspear
English Writer
It's really important in any historical fiction, I think, to anchor the story in its time. And you do that by weaving in those details, by, believe it or not, by the plumbing.
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Hal Linden
American Actor
I rarely repeat playing the same role in a show. I figured I'd plumbed 90 percent the first time around, so let's move on to something where I'm starting from scratch.
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David Sedaris
American Writer
They were nothing like the French people I had imagined. If anything, they were too kind, too generous and too knowledgable in the fields of plumbing and electricity.
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Nikolai Gogol
Russian Writer
Wise is the man who does not disdain any character and instead, examining him with a searching look, plumbs him to the very main-springs of his being.
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Spencer Tracy
American Actor
Acting is not an important job in the scheme of things. Plumbing is.
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Michael Greger
American Author
When I was a child, doctors sent my grandmother home in a wheelchair to die. Diagnosed with end-stage heart disease, she already had so much scar tissue from bypass operations that the surgeons had essentially run out of plumbing. There was nothing more to do, they said; her life was over at 65.
Quote examples
Andrew O'Hagan
Scottish Novelist
Writing a novel is an act of self-annihilation as much as self-discovery. You can kill whole appetites and flood whole depths while plumbing them, but if you are serious about it you also get to put something into the world that wasn't quite there before.
Quote examples
John W. Gardner
American Educator
The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.
Quote examples
Luke Campbell
British Boxer
I tried to go to college; I just picked a trade, did a plumbing test - and failed. And then I thought, 'I may as well look at things I have a passion for and enjoy.' And I went forward with my boxing.
Quote examples
John Eldredge
American Author
I'm married. I have three children. I have a mortgage to pay. The plumbing breaks and the yard needs trimming. However, what my wife and children need most from me is my passion for them.
Quote examples
Jacqueline Winspear
English Writer
It's really important in any historical fiction, I think, to anchor the story in its time. And you do that by weaving in those details, by, believe it or not, by the plumbing.
Quote examples
Hal Linden
American Actor
I rarely repeat playing the same role in a show. I figured I'd plumbed 90 percent the first time around, so let's move on to something where I'm starting from scratch.
Quote examples
David Sedaris
American Writer
They were nothing like the French people I had imagined. If anything, they were too kind, too generous and too knowledgable in the fields of plumbing and electricity.
Quote examples
Nikolai Gogol
Russian Writer
Wise is the man who does not disdain any character and instead, examining him with a searching look, plumbs him to the very main-springs of his being.
Quote examples
Spencer Tracy
American Actor
Acting is not an important job in the scheme of things. Plumbing is.
Example 1 of 10
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