different between plumy vs plumb

English

Etymology

plume +? -y

Adjective

plumy (comparative more plumy, superlative most plumy)

1. Covered or adorned with plumes, or as with plumes; feathery.

Translations

References

• plumy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• lumpy

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)

1. Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.
2. (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)

1. In a vertical direction; perpendicularly.
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost

     Plumb down he drops.

2. (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)

1. A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
2. (nautical) A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
3. 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)

1. To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
2. To attach to a water supply and drain.
3. (transitive, figuratively) To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of, especially to plumb the depths of.
4. To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
5. To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
6. (dated) To seal something with lead.
7. (intransitive) To work as a plumber.
8. (rare) To fall or sink like a plummet.
9. (US, colloquial, figuratively, obsolete) To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.
10. (nautical) To position vertically above or below.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

plumb (plural plumbs)

1. 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 […]

Albanian

Alternative forms

• plum (Gheg)

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin plumbum (“lead”).

Noun

plumb m (definite singular plumbi)

1. lead (metal)
2. bullet

Declension

References

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin plumbum (“lead”).

Noun

plumb n (uncountable)

1. lead (metal)

2. lead (chemical element)

Declension

Derived terms

• plumburiu
• plumbui
• plumbos

Related terms

• plumbar

Noun

plumb m (plural plumbi)

1. bullet, projectile

Declension

Synonyms

• glon?

Noun

plumb n (plural plumburi)

1. (dated, chiefly Moldavia) pencil

Declension

Synonyms

• creion