Plumb 601 Words You Need to Know
/plʌm/ (adj, adv, noun & verb)
Definition
Verb: to measure the depth of something particularly water – to discover or understand something, fathom, grasp, comprehend – to connect water pipes to each other in a building or device
Noun: weight attached to a pipe to measure its depth, bob, vertical position
Adjective: (of a surface or line) vertical and straight, upright, perpendicular
Adverb: completely, exactly, precisely
Example
You may know about microelectronics and be good at detailed work. You find out that many researchers are anxious to discover and plumb the migration patterns of butterflies so you mount an integrated circuit transmitter on a butterfly and thereby trace the behavior of the free ranging butterfly.
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Antonyms
Parts of speech
Noun: plumber
Noun: plumbing
