How to use "plumb" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "plumb" in popular movie and book plots

  • However, as he is leaving, mr Burns asks him for his help to fix a gas leak with a "Safety First" poster, and to measure its level with a plumb bob (a procedure that takes hours to complete).  - Orange Is the New Yellow
  • Cadfael and Hugh Beringar plumb the possible connections between two events now linked only by time: the disappearance of Clemence and the appearance of Meriet at the monastery.  - The Devil's Novice
  • Gabriel returns to England to plumb art dealer Julian Isherwood’s extensive knowledge of the pillage of Jewish-owned art during the Second World War.  - The English Assassin (Silva novel)
  • As York tries to plumb deep waters of conspiracy and corruption, he meets the real Admiral Festina Ramos, and realizes that the woman aboard the Willow was costumed as the Admiral for the masquerade party.  - Hunted (Gardner novel)
  • In an attempt to plumb her memories of the exorcism and specifically the circumstances in which Merrin died, dr Tuskin hypnotizes the girl, to whom she is linked by a "synchronizer"—a biofeedback device used by two people to synchronize their brainwaves.  - Exorcist II: The Heretic
  • Deciding that the rock is unusually heavy, Lindenbrook, mostly thanks to the carelessness of his lab assistant, mr Paisley (Ben Wright), discovers a plumb bob inside bearing a cryptic inscription.  - Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film)
  • He becomes infuriated with this realization and decides to plumb the deepest depths of this enormous mystery.  - Zardoz

Example sentences for "plumb" in interesting articles

  • With your instructions as her guide, she will plumb the depths of a mysterious and deadly ruin! Liz can be hurt by spikes and slimes, so keep a close eye on her health meter. These stairs lead deeper into the dungeon.  - Forth Warrior: A Programming Puzzle Game
  • Being left to roam filled me with the giddy feeling I had as a kid in the deserted halls of the public-radio station where my dad worked on Sunday mornings; with no supervision, I could plumb the place’s untold secrets.  - The Most Dangerous Gamer
  • If he had dangled the pen from a string, it would have hung at a ninety-degree angle with respect to the tilted floor. A dangled pen is a primitive inclinometer, like a plumb bob or the heel indicator on a sailboat.  - The Turn (1993)
  • If he had dangled the pen from a string, it would have hung at a ninety-degree angle with respect to the tilted floor. A dangled pen is a primitive inclinometer, like a plumb bob or the heel indicator on a sailboat.  - The Turn (1993)
  • If he had dangled the pen from a string, it would have hung at a ninety-degree angle with respect to the tilted floor. A dangled pen is a primitive inclinometer, like a plumb bob or the heel indicator on a sailboat.  - The Turn (1993)
  • Being left to roam filled me with the giddy feeling I had as a kid in the deserted halls of the public-radio station where my dad worked on Sunday mornings; with no supervision, I could plumb the place’s untold secrets.  - The Most Dangerous Gamer (Jonathan Blow)

Meaning of "plumb" in English

  • exactly vertical
  • completely; used as intensifiers
    Example
    - I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out
  • exactly
  • conforming to the direction of a plumb line
  • the metal bob of a plumb line
  • adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
  • examine thoroughly and in great depth
  • measure the depth of something
  • weight with lead

Meaning of "plumb" in Hindi

  • पनसाल ( Panasal, panasaal)
  • भूलंब ( Bhulanb, bhoolanb)
  • गहराई में जानना ( Gaharai men janana, gaharaaee men jananaa, gaharai men zanana)
  • थाह लेना ( Thah lena, thah lenaa)
  • लम्बवत करना ( Lambavat karana, lambavat karanaa, lambawat karana)
  • सीध नापना ( Sidh napana, seedh naapanaa)
  • सील करना ( Sil karana, seel karanaa)
  • गहराई नापना ( Gaharai napana, gaharaaee naapanaa)
  • समझना ( Samajhana, samajhanaa, samazhana)
  • लम्ब ( Lamb)

Synonyms of "plumb"

  • plummet
  • plum
  • plumb bob
  • clean

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