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• n  the metal bob of a plumb line
• v  measure the depth of something
• v  weight with lead
• v  examine thoroughly and in great depth
• v  adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
• s  exactly vertical
  the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb
• r  completely; used as intensifiers
  I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out
• r  conforming to the direction of a plumb line
• r  exactly
  fell plumb in the middle of the puddle

• Borrowing some of the mathematics that string theorists invented to plumb the secrets of the physical universe, he has found a way to represent the universe of all possible musical .
• He is planning an fMRI run that will concentrate specifically on religious faith, which Harris thinks he now knows how to plumb more deeply.
• And I second the recoveringsociopath on the vernacular use of 'plumb'.

• plumb bob
• plummet
• clean
• plum

News & Articles

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• Californians uneasy about fracking's safety, lack of oversight
  More than 70% of voters favor banning or heavily regulating chemical injections into the ground to tap oil and natural gas, a USC Dornsife/L.A. Times poll finds. As energy companies seek to plumb vast reserves of underground oil in California through the controversial drilling technique known as fracking, voters are concerned about its safety and uneasy with the state's lack of oversight ...
  June 7, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
• Meriden building permits June 9, 2013
  Lolita Davis, 140 Plumb Ave., roofing, $3,500. William F. Farrow, 4 Cottage St., roofing, $5,900. Josue Estrada, 129 Lincoln St., siding, $1,700. Daniel Zaborowski, 39 Fiesta Heights, siding, $4,000.
  June 6, 2013 - The Record-Journal
• Pages Jaunes shareholders reject Wyser-Pratte board seat
  By Christian Plumb and Matthieu Protard PARIS (Reuters) - Shareholders in French directories company Pages Jaunes on Wednesday resoundingly rejected activist investor Guy Wyser-Pratte's attempt to get himself and an ally named to its board as independent directors. Wyser-Pratte, who has been critical of U.S. private equity firm Cerberus's role at the directories company, received just 16 percent ...
  June 5, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Bill Lawry in Herald Sun
  Both captains have mucked it up ...... if there is doubt they (video umpires) are going to stay with the first decision,Lawry said on Channel 9. "Now if we get a shocker where Gayle is plumb lbw and there is no referral it could cost you...
• Matt Lucas in Edmonton Sun
  I realized it was such a plumb opportunity and I was punched in the ear when I got the role,Lucas said.
• Brian Schweitzer in The Missoulian
  I'm probably the only person working for the state who can say I'm plumb happy with what I make,Schweitzer said. "I didn't even ask what I would make until after I was elected." "I didn't do it for the money. I'm doing it as a...