plumb
noun
a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line.
plumbs
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pluralof plumb.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof plumb (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
plumbnouna small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line.
Example Sentences
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Russo is a good guy, yes, and one for whom we root, but in his effort to protect his daughter, he plumbs seemingly bottomless depths of humiliation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
In keeping with its title, “Choreomaniacs,” which seems to pick up where “Revolver” leaves off, plumbs wilder depths.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
Among these some 300 pages are gems, including “Among the Trees,” by poet Carl Phillips, who plumbs the human connections that can be forged in a forest.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2023
He plumbs the complicated blockchains and wallets and clarifies them for readers both interested in and weirded out by crypto.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2022
And yet how appropriate this is: I speak as one who plumbs Life's dim profound, One who at length can sound Clear views and certain.
From The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf
