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plumbed

4 definitions • 4 examples
1
past simple and past participle of
2
to supply a building or a device with water pipes, or to connect a building or a device to a water pipe:

Examples:

We've discovered that our house isn't plumbed properly.
plumb something into something I think we can plumb the new bath into the existing pipes.
plumb something in Have you plumbed the dishwasher in yet?
3
to measure how deep something is, especially water
4
to understand or discover all about something:

Examples:

Now that she had begun, she wanted to plumb her own childhood further.

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