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Definition of Fathom

Fathom A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms; -- used chiefly in measuring cables, cordage, and the depth of navigable water by soundings. The measure or extant of one's capacity; depth, as of intellect; profundity; reach; penetration. To encompass with the arms extended or encircling; to measure by throwing the arms about; to span. The measure by a sounding line; especially, to sound the depth of; to penetrate, measure, and comprehend; to get to the bottom of. Related Definitions: About, And, Arms, As, Bottom, By, Can, Capacity, Chiefly, Comprehend, Containing, Cordage, Depth, Encircling, Encompass, Especially, Extant, Extend, Extended, Feet, Get, His, In, Intellect, Length, Line, Man, Measure, Measuring, Navigable, Of, One, Or, Penetrate, Penetration, Profundity, Reach, Six, Sound, Sounding, Space, Span, The, Throwing, To, Used, Water, Which, With

Fathom Quotations There are some good people. But a good chunk of them will lie for no reason at all - it'll be ten o'clock and they'll tell you it's nine. You're looking at the clock and you can't even fathom why they're lying. They just lie because that's what they do. John Cusack All things make sense; you just have to fathom how they make sense. Piers Anthony Boys have a tendency to jump around a lot more than girls. Boys have that desire to want to dunk way more than girls do. It just never seemed like something we could truly fathom and do. Lisa Leslie It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. John Locke It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me. Barbara Mandrell

Fathom Translations fathom in Norwegian is lodde, favn fathom in Spanish is braza fathom in Swedish is famn, loda

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