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unplumb

unplumb verb: to remove the lead from.

Verb

unplumb (third-person singular simple present unplumbs, present participle unplumbing, simple past and past participle unplumbed)

  1. (transitive) To remove the lead from.
    • If the Independents of those times did not, as Mr. Burke says, “Unplumb the dead to cast bullets to fire at the living,” it appears that their rapacity and avarice, stimulated by the same ideas, induced them to lead the way to the same object; […]1807, The European Magazine, and London Review, volume 52, page 263

Adjective

unplumb

  1. Not plumb or vertical.

Forms of unplumb

third-person singular presentunplumbs
present participleunplumbing
past participleunplumbed
pastunplumbed

Origin of unplumb

From un- + plumb.

Words that rhyme with unplumb

42 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about unplumb

What does unplumb mean?
Unplumb means to remove the lead from.
What part of speech is unplumb?
Unplumb can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of unplumb?
The past tense of unplumb is unplumbed.

Words near unplumb in the dictionary

  1. unplugger
  2. unpluggers
  3. unplugging
  4. unpluggings
  5. unplugs
  6. unplumb
  7. unplumbable
  8. unplumbed
  9. unplumbered
  10. unplumbing
  11. unplumbs

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