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unplumbs

unplumbs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unplumb.

Meaning of unplumb

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

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What is unplumbs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unplumbs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unplumb.

Words near unplumbs in the dictionary

  1. unplumb
  2. unplumbable
  3. unplumbed
  4. unplumbered
  5. unplumbing
  6. unplumbs
  7. unplume
  8. unplumed
  9. unplumes
  10. unpluming
  11. unplummetable

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