different between unclog vs plumb

English

Etymology

un- +? clog

Verb

unclog (third-person singular simple present unclogs, present participle unclogging, simple past and past participle unclogged)

1. (transitive) To remove a blockage from.
   • 2011, Billy Graham, The Holy Spirit: Activating God's Power in Your Life

     The arteries become clogged with substances that still baffle medical experts. They still do not know how to unclog these arteries so that the blood can have free flow.

2. (intransitive) To have a blockage removed.

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: pl?m, IPA^(key): /pl?m/
• Rhymes: -?m
• Homophone: plum

Etymology 1

From Middle English plumbe, plumme, from Old French *plombe, from Latin plumba, plural of plumbum.

Adjective

plumb (comparative more plumb, superlative most plumb)

1. Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.
2. (cricket) Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of his wicket and should be given out.

Synonyms

• (truly vertical): perpendicular

Translations

Adverb

plumb (not comparable)

1. In a vertical direction; perpendicularly.
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost

     Plumb down he drops.

2. (informal) Squarely, directly; completely.

   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.

Translations

Noun

plumb (plural plumbs)

1. A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
2. (nautical) A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
3. The perpendicular direction or position.

Synonyms

• (construction): plummet, plumb bob (UK), plumb line (US)

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

plumb (third-person singular simple present plumbs, present participle plumbing, simple past and past participle plumbed)

1. To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
2. To attach to a water supply and drain.
3. (transitive, figuratively) To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of, especially to plumb the depths of.
4. To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
5. To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
6. (dated) To seal something with lead.
7. (intransitive) To work as a plumber.
8. (rare) To fall or sink like a plummet.
9. (US, colloquial, figuratively, obsolete) To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.
10. (nautical) To position vertically above or below.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

plumb (plural plumbs)

1. Obsolete form of plum (“the fruit”).
   • 1767, Select Essays on Husbandry

     Without attending to sub-divisions, all the pears are of one species, as well as all the apples, plumbs, peaches, cherries, lemons, citrons, oranges […]

Albanian

Alternative forms

• plum (Gheg)

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin plumbum (“lead”).

Noun

plumb m (definite singular plumbi)

1. lead (metal)
2. bullet

Declension

References

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin plumbum (“lead”).

Noun

plumb n (uncountable)

1. lead (metal)

2. lead (chemical element)

Declension

Derived terms

• plumburiu
• plumbui
• plumbos

Related terms

• plumbar

Noun

plumb m (plural plumbi)

1. bullet, projectile

Declension

Synonyms

• glon?

Noun

plumb n (plural plumburi)

1. (dated, chiefly Moldavia) pencil

Declension

Synonyms

• creion