plumb

1. (cricket) Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of their wicket and should be given out.

1. (informal) Squarely, directly; deeply, completely.Examples: "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."; "'Are you sure of that, M. Hardman?' 'I'm plumb certain.'."informalnot-comparable

1. (transitive, figurative) To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of.Examples: "to plumb the depths of"; "Delving to the core of her heart, his blue-green eyes plumbed her psyche, stripping it of all defenses, all resolve."; "The pressure had been on City, on Guardiola, to deliver the trophy that Sheikh Mansour has craved since his takeover in 2008 but it was an occasion when the manager found a new way to lose, to plumb fresh depths of frustration."figurativelytransitive

2. (dated) To seal something with lead.dated

3. (intransitive) To work as a plumber.Synonyms: plumber#Verbintransitive

4. (rare) To fall or sink like a plummet.rare

5. (US, colloquial, figuratively, obsolete) To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.UScolloquialfigurativelyobsolete

6. (nautical) To position vertically above or below.