Clumb vs Plumb - What's the difference?
clumb | plumb |
(dialect) (climb).
* 1884 : (Mark Twain), (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), Chapter VII
*:It was a drift-canoe sure enough, and I clumb in and paddled her ashore.
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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.
In a vertical direction; perpendicularly.
* Milton
(informal) Squarely, directly; completely.
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.
To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
To attach to a water supply and drain.
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.
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.
As verbs the difference between clumb and plumb
is that clumb is past tense of climb while plumb is to determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.As an adjective plumb is
truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.As an adverb plumb is
in a vertical direction; perpendicularly.As a noun plumb is
a little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.clumb
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) clumben, from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).Verb
(head)Etymology 2
From (etyl) clumben, yclumben, from (etyl) .Verb
(head)plumb
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (truly vertical) perpendicularAdverb
(-)- Plumb down he falls.
- 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.
