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fathom::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fthm |
| Type of | linear measure, linear unit |
fathom::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fthm |
| Type of | cubage unit, volume unit, capacity unit, cubic measure, capacity measure, displacement unit, cubic content unit, cubature unit |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bottom, penetrate |
| Type of | understand |
Examples of fathom
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The effect of reduced competition in the cellphone industry is harder to fathom.
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It is hard to fathom how animals can ever recover in such insalubrious settings.
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Barrow is a former Hurricane who couldn't fathom quitting on current Hurricanes.
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We could not fathom what lay ahead and what obstacles lurked around each corner.
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Exactly what the long-term implications will be are still rather hard to fathom.
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Hard to fathom, but a typical double-wrapped rod uses about 200 yards of thread.
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For staff who had been in the Bahamas, the news was particularly hard to fathom.
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He cannot fathom American Puritanism but admires the national trait of altruism.
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But you can't do this, you can't even fathom it, can you, you poor, damned ones?
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- A linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth
- Penetrate: come to understand
- (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore
- Measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
- 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.
- 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". ...
- 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. ...
- 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. ...
- 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 ...
