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unplumb

verb

To remove the lead from.

Scrabble 13

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Meanings

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

present singular third person unplumbs · participle present unplumbing · participle past unplumbed · past unplumbed

transitiveTo 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

Not plumb or vertical.

Origin

From un- + plumb.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with unplumb

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APA

unplumb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unplumb

MLA

“unplumb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unplumb. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unplumb,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unplumb.

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