Plummet
Definitions
Equivalents
Examples
“I'le ſeeke him deeper than ere plummet ſounded, / And with him there lye mudded.”
“Iudgement also will I lay⟳ to the line, and righteousnesse to the plummet: and the haile shall sweepe away the refuge of lyes, and the waters shall ouerflow the hiding place⟳.”
“Each long black hair upon his head hung down as straight as any plummet line; […]”
“And love⟳ was the plummet dropped down into the deeps of him where like⟳ had never gone.”
“He told her then of his life since he had returned to the jungle—of how he had dropped like⟳ a plummet from a civilized Parisian to a savage Waziri warrior, and from there back to the brute that he had been raised.”
“His parachute was shot half away, and if he'd jumped he would have⟳ fallen like⟳ a plummet.”
“Yet another seriously under-par performance is unlikely to provide⟳ any real answers to their remarkable plummet in form⟳ - but it proves they can at least churn out a much-needed result⟳.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See also
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