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Verb
/ˈfaT͟Həm/,
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fathoms, plural;
  1. Understand (a difficult problem or an enigmatic person) after much thought
    • - he could scarcely fathom the idea that people actually lived in Las Vegas
    • - he couldn't fathom why she was being so anxious
  2. Measure the depth of (water)
    • - an attempt to fathom the ocean
Noun
  1. A unit of length equal to six feet (approximately 1.8 m), chiefly used in reference to the depth of water
    • - sonar says that we're in eighteen fathoms
  1. a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth
  2. penetrate: come to understand
  3. (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore
  4. measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
  5. A fathom (abbreviation: ftm) is a unit of length in the Imperial system (and the derived U.S. customary units), used especially for measuring the depth of water.
  6. Fathom is a comic book created by Michael Turner and originally published by Top Cow Productions. It debuted in 1998 and was Michael Turner's first creator-owned comic book series. Fathom has received honors and has claimed the "Number one selling comic book of the Year". ...
  7. Fathom is a 1967 British CinemaScope spy comedy film directed by Leslie H. Martinson, starring Anthony Franciosa, Raquel Welch. Fathom Harvill (Raquel Welch) is a dental assistant and an American skydiver touring Europe with a U.S. parachute team. ...
  8. Surface (originally titled Fathom) is a science fiction television series that premiered on NBC on 19 September 2005. The program aired fifteen episodes before going on hiatus on February 6, 2006 due to NBC's coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympics. ...
  9. Grasp, envelopment, control; A measure of length corresponding to the outstretched arms, standardised to six feet, now used mainly for measuring depths in seas or oceans; Mental reach or scope; penetration; the extent of capacity; depth of thought or contrivance; To encircle with ...
  10. Saint Paul relates in the New Testament that soundings were taken after a gale, and the ship was found to be in twenty fathoms of water.  The Greek word orgina, which means to stretch or reach out with the arms. ...
  11. A nautical measure of depth: 6 feet
  12. The common unit of depth in the ocean for countries using the English system of measurement. It is six feet or 1.83 meters. It can also be used in expressing horizontal distance, since 120 fathoms is equal to one cable or nearly on tenth of a nautical mile.
  13. Six feet (1.83 metres); length covered by a man's outstretched arms. Fathom of wood is a cubical volume 6'x 6'x 6' = 216 cu. ft.
  14. Old A.S. faethm, "bosom," (or the outstretched arms), a span of six feet (Act 27:28). Gr. orguia (from orego , "I stretch"), the distance between the extremities of both arms fully stretched out.
  15. Although a fathom is now a nautical unit of length equal to six feet. It was once defined by an act of Parliament as “the length of a man’s arms around the object of his affections.” The word derives from the Old English word Faethm, which means “embracing arms.”
  16. A unit of length equal to 6 feet, roughly measured as the distance between a man's outstretched hands.
  17. braza; penetrar; comprender; descifrar; sondear; profundizar; desentrañar
  18. Naval A nautical measurement of six feet; it was the distance between the tips of middle fingers when the arms are outstretched sideways to their fullest extent (the word comes from the Danish (Viking) FAVN meaning "arms extended").
  19. Formally the standard unit of measuring depths or lengths - 6 feet (the span of a mans arms from finger tip to finger tip of a man's outspread arms).
  20. 6 feet. Man's arm span, finger tip to finger tip. Also used as a verb: To measure the depth of; to get to the bottom of, to understand.
  21. Fathom was originally a land measuring term derived from the Ango-Saxon word "faetm" meaning to embrace. In those days, most measurements were based on average size of parts of the body, such as the hand (horses are still measured this way) or the foot (that's why 12 inches are so named). ...
  22. Six feet of depth. Many nautical charts are marked in fathoms, not feet.
  23. 1. to work out; puzzle out. 2. to understand: e.g., He couldn't fathom her reasons for going.
  24. A measure for depth of water or length of anchor chain or rope. Six feet in the old measure (1830mm). If you "can't fathom" something it means that you have made some effort but have not been able to reach understanding of the situation. ...
  25. A measure of length, equal to six feet. The word is probably derived from the Teutonic word fad, which signifies the thread or yarn drawn out in spinning to the length of the arm, before it is run upon the spindle. Webster; Minsheu. See Ell. Vide Measure.