Fathom - English meaning
Fathom – definitions in English dictionary
nounA unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 metres), chiefly used in reference to the depth of water.
Usage examples:
Sonar says that we're in eighteen fathoms
verbUnderstand (a difficult problem or an enigmatic person) after much thought.
Usage examples:
The locals could not fathom out the reason behind his new-found prosperity
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Word origin
Old English fæthm, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vadem, vaam and German Faden ‘six feet’. The original sense was ‘something which embraces’, (plural) ‘the outstretched arms’; hence, a
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