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Plummets
A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water, a plumb bob or a plumb line
📖 Definitions of "Plummets"
noun
- 1
A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water, a plumb bob or a plumb line
- 2
Hence, any weight
- 3
A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing (that is, to mark with rules, with lines)
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A plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line
verb
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To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.
"After its ascent, the arrow plummeted to earth."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Plummets"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| plumb bobnoun | A metal weight attached to the end of a plumb line. |
| plumbnoun | A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction. |
| plumpverb | Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight. |
| dipnoun | A lower section of a road or geological feature. |
| dipsnoun | (baseball) Initialism of defense-independent pitching statistics. [(baseball) A measure of a pitcher's effectiveness based only on plays that do not involve fielders. Originally included only hit-by-pitch, walks, strikeouts, and home runs allowed, but more recently incorporates fly ball percentage, ground ball percentage, and line drive percentage.] |
| downverb | (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards. |
| dropsnoun | (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid. |
| easesverb | Lack of difficulty; the ability to do something easily. |
| fallverb | (heading, intransitive) To be moved downwards. |
| fallsnoun | A waterfall. |
| lowerverb | Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object. |
| retreatnoun | The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant. |
| retreatsnoun | The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant. |
| slipsnoun | (cricket) the area of the field covered by fielders in the slip positions; the slip fielders collectively |
| slumpsnoun | (intransitive) To collapse heavily or helplessly. |
| tumblesverb | (intransitive) To fall end over end; to roll over and over. |
| skyrocketsnoun | A type of firework that uses a solid rocket engine to rise quickly into the sky where it emits a variety of effects such as stars, bangs, crackles, etc. |
| sagsnoun | The state of sinking or bending; a droop. |
| sinksnoun | A basin used for holding water for washing. |
| surgesnoun | A sudden transient rush, flood or increase. |
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