Plummet

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. See plumb bob.
  • n. Something that weighs down or oppresses; a burden.
  • verb-intransitive. To fall straight down; plunge.
  • verb-intransitive. To decline suddenly and steeply: Stock prices plummeted.
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  • n. A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.
  • n. A plumb bob or a plumb line.
  • n. Hence, any weight.
  • n. A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing
  • n. a plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line.
  • n. Violent or dramatic fall
  • n. decline; fall; drop
  • v. To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.
  • n. A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under Plumb, n.
  • n. Hence, any weight.
  • n. A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A piece of lead or other metal attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water, determining the vertical, etc.
  • n. An instrument used by carpenters, masons, and others in adjusting erections to a vertical line; a plumb-rule.
  • n. The pommel or knob on the hilt of a sword.
  • n. A weight.
  • n. A piece of lead formerly used by school-boys to rule paper for writing.
  • To weight with plummets, or as with plummets.
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  • v. drop sharply
  • n. the metal bob of a plumb line
    • Verb Form
    plummeted    plummeting    plummets    plummetted   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    drop    Bob   
    Cross Reference
    plumb line    plumb   
    Variant
    plumb   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    weight    lead    Bob    plumb   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    summit   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    statusto   
     
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