Plumb
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob (UK); a plumb line (US). A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
Part of speech: adverb
Definition: In a vertical direction. Squarely, directly; completely.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: 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, esp. to plumb the depths of. To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool. To accurately align vertically or horizontally. To seal something with lead. To work as a plumber. To fall or sink like a plummet. To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end. To position vertically above or below.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: truly vertical Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front on his wicket and should be given out.
Plum
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica, often of a dark red or purple colour.The stone-fruit tree which bears this fruit, Prunus domestica.A dark bluish-red color/colour, the colour of some plums.A desirable thing.A raisin, when used in a pudding or cake.A fool, idiotA testicle.The edible, fleshy stone of Prunus mume, an Asian fruit more closely related to the apricot than the plum, usually consumed pickled, dried, or as a juice or wine; ume.The tree which bears this fruit, Prunus mume. See plum blossom.
Part of speech: adverb
Definition: Completely; utterly.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Of a dark bluish-red colour.Choice; especially lavish or preferred.
Example sentence: The dispersal of juniper seeds is effected by the plum and cherry plan of hiring birds at the cost of their board, and thus obtaining the use of a pair of extra good wings.