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plumb
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: pl?m, IPA(key): /pl?m/
- Rhymes: -?m
- Homophone: plum
Etymology 1
From Middle English plumbe, plumme, from Old French *plombe, from Latin plumba, plural of plumbum.
Adjective
plumb (comparative more plumb, superlative most plumb)
- Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.
- (cricket) Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of his wicket and should be given out.
Synonyms
- (truly vertical): perpendicular
Translations
Adverb
plumb (not comparable)
- In a vertical direction; perpendicularly.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- Plumb down he drops.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- (informal) Squarely, directly; completely.
- It hit him plumb in the middle of his face.
- Years ago the well plumb dried out, not a drop of water in there since.
Translations
Noun
plumb (plural plumbs)
- A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
- (nautical) A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
- The perpendicular direction or position.
Synonyms
- (construction): plummet, plumb bob (UK), plumb line (US)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
plumb (third-person singular simple present plumbs, present participle plumbing, simple past and past participle plumbed)
- To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
- To attach to a water supply and drain.
- (transitive, figuratively) To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of, especially to plumb the depths of.
- To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
- To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
- (dated) To seal something with lead.
- (intransitive) To work as a plumber.
- (rare) To fall or sink like a plummet.
- (US, colloquial, figuratively, obsolete) To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.
- (nautical) To position vertically above or below.
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
plumb (plural plumbs)
- Obsolete form of plum (“the fruit”).
- 1767, Select Essays on Husbandry
- Without attending to sub-divisions, all the pears are of one species, as well as all the apples, plumbs, peaches, cherries, lemons, citrons, oranges […]
- 1767, Select Essays on Husbandry
Albanian
Alternative forms
- plum (Gheg)
Etymology
Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin plumbum (“lead”).
Noun
plumb m (definite singular plumbi)
- lead (metal)
- bullet
Declension
References
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin plumbum (“lead”).
Noun
plumb n (uncountable)
- lead (metal)
- lead (chemical element)
Declension
Derived terms
- plumburiu
- plumbui
- plumbos
Related terms
- plumbar
Noun
plumb m (plural plumbi)
- bullet, projectile
Declension
Synonyms
- glon?
Noun
plumb n (plural plumburi)
- (dated, chiefly Moldavia) pencil
Declension
Synonyms
- creion
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uniform
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French uniforme, from Latin uniformis.
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: yo?o?n?-fôrm, IPA(key): /?jun??f??m/, /?jun?f?m/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ju?n?f??m/
- Hyphenation: uni?form
- Rhymes: -??(r)m
Adjective
uniform (comparative more uniform, superlative most uniform)
- Unvarying; all the same.
- Consistent; conforming to one standard.
- 1593, Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, in 1830, The Ecclesiastical Polity and Other Works of Richard Hooker, page 313,
- The only doubt is, about the manner of their unity; how far Churches are bound to be uniform in their Ceremonies, and what way they ought to take for that purpose.
- 1593, Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, in 1830, The Ecclesiastical Polity and Other Works of Richard Hooker, page 313,
- (mathematics) with speed of convergence not depending on choice of function argument; as in uniform continuity, uniform convergence
- (chemistry, of a polymer) Composed of a single macromolecular species.
- (geometry) (of a polyhedron) That is isogonal and whose faces are regular polygons; (of an n-dimensional (n>3) polytope) that is isogonal and whose bounding (n-1)-dimensional facets are uniform polytopes.
Usage notes
- As a description of polymers, the IUPAC prefers the term uniform to monodisperse.
Synonyms
- (unvarying): regular, stable; see also Thesaurus:steady
- (all the same): invariable, of a piece; see also Thesaurus:homogeneous
Antonyms
- nonuniform
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
uniform (plural uniforms)
- A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group.
- 1932, Elmer Wheeler, Tested Selling Sentences (the Language of the Brain): Master Book
- The Hooverette [housedress] can be worn as a dress or as an apron.
- This is the latest in uniforms, madam, according to Vogue.
- F. W. Robertson
- There are many things which a soldier will do in his plain clothes which he scorns to do in his uniform.
- 1932, Elmer Wheeler, Tested Selling Sentences (the Language of the Brain): Master Book
- Uniform, the letter U in the ICAO spelling alphabet
- A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective).
- 1996, S. J. Rozan, Concourse,[2] Macmillan, ?ISBN, page 265,
- Skeletor held the gun against Speedo’s head, held Speedo between himself and the cops who stood, motionless and futile, where they’d stopped. Robinson, Lindfors, Carter, three uniforms and I watched helpless as Skeletor, dragging Speedy with him, inched out the gate, started backing down the hill.
- 2001, Christine Wiltz, The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld,[3] Da Capo Press, ?ISBN, page 113,
- Four men flew out of it, three uniforms and one in what appeared to be an English riding outfit—boots, whip, the whole nine yards. […] He called out, “I’m the superintendent of police.”
- 2004, Will Christopher Baer, Penny Dreadful,[4] MacAdam/Cage Publishing, ?ISBN, page 81,
- Eyes to the front now and there was the body, a lump of black and brown. Moon counted three uniforms and a photographer, the medical examiner and his assistant.
- 1996, S. J. Rozan, Concourse,[2] Macmillan, ?ISBN, page 265,
Translations
Verb
uniform (third-person singular simple present uniforms, present participle uniforming, simple past and past participle uniformed)
- (transitive) To clothe in a uniform.
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French uniforme, from Latin ?nif?rmis.
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /?y.ni?f?rm/
- Hyphenation: uni?form
Noun
uniform n (plural uniformen, diminutive uniformpje n)
- Uniform; a distinctive outfit. [from 18th c.]
Derived terms
- politie-uniform
Descendants
- Afrikaans: uniform
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /?yni?f?rm/
- Hyphenation: uni?form
- Rhymes: -?rm
Adjective
uniform (comparative uniformer, superlative uniformst)
- Uniform. [from 16th c.]
Inflection
Descendants
- Afrikaans: uniform
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
uniform m or f (definite singular uniforma or uniformen, indefinite plural uniformer, definite plural uniformene)
- a uniform
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
uniform f (definite singular uniforma, indefinite plural uniformer, definite plural uniformene)
- a uniform
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /u??i.f?rm/
Noun
uniform m inan
- (rare) uniform
Declension
Synonyms
- mundur, mundurek
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ?nif?rmis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?u.ni?form/
Adjective
uniform m or n (feminine singular uniform?, masculine plural uniformi, feminine and neuter plural uniforme)
- uniform
Declension
Related terms
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin uniformis.
Pronunciation
Noun
uniform c
- Uniform; a distinctive outfit.
Declension
References
- uniform in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) (noun)
- uniform in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) (adjective)
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