English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of plumb

plumb

/noun/ साहुल; लंब; भार;
/adjective/सीधा; खड़ा; लंबरूप;
/adverb/खड़े बल; बिलकुल सिधाई से; सही; ठीक;
/verb/सीधा करना; बिगाड़ करना; समुद्र की गहराई नापना; विदित कर लेना; जानना;

Synonym plummet; perpendicular; load; direct; erect; vertical; exactly; rightly; straighten; brawl; come to know; know;

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English Dictionary:

1. Plumb

[a.]

- Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.

2. Plumb

[adv.]

- In a plumb direction; perpendicularly.

3. Plumb

[n.]

- A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob. See Plumb line, below.

4. Plumb

[v. t.]

- To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
- To sound with a plumb or plummet, as the depth of water; hence, to examine by test; to ascertain the depth, quality, dimension, etc.; to sound; to fathom; to test.
- To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
- To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.