Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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plumb | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
vernacular | Yes | Yes | No | No |
plumb (noun) | vernacular (noun) |
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the metal bob of a plumb line | the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) |
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) |
plumb (adjective) | vernacular (adjective) |
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exactly vertical | being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language |
plumb (verb) | vernacular (verb) |
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adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical | |
measure the depth of something | |
examine thoroughly and in great depth | |
weight with lead |
plumb (adverb) | vernacular (adverb) |
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conforming to the direction of a plumb line | |
exactly | |
completely; used as intensifiers |