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.
will plumb
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future tenseof plumb.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Loudermilk, who expects to stay out of endorsing in the primary, is also examining security failures at the Capitol and will plumb deep into other aspects of what the Jan. 6 committee reviewed last year.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2023
It will plumb a part of the ocean that could hold important secrets about east Asia’s summer monsoon and the periodic changes in ocean temperature known as El Niño and La Niña.
From Nature ● Feb. 19, 2014
Eastern time, will plumb the city’s bowels and backyards to rescue the terrified.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2011
Scholars and former inhabitants will plumb the meaning and memories.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Though I'm afraid the roly-poly will plumb scare every 'possum out of the community."
From The Pony Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers Or, On the Trail of the Border Bandits by Frank Gee Patchin
