Словарь синонимов английского языка - plumb

(n) 1. weight, (plumb-)bob, plummet, lead, sinker: The plumb holds the string taut and exactly vertical. -(adj) 2. vertical, perpendicular, straight up and down: Make cure the jamb is plumb before hanging the door. -(adv) 3. vertically, perpendicularly, straight up and down: The cord doesn't hang plumb because the shelf is in the way. 4. exactly, precisely, dead, right, accurately, Colloq slap, Brit bang, spot: The navigator checked our position and we were plumb on course. -(v) 5. sound, fathom, measure, probe, explore, measure, gauge, delve, penetrate: The bathyscaphe has plumbed the deeps of the Indian Ocean. I plumb the depths of depression thinking of starving people everywhere.