Associations to the word «Fathom»
Noun
- Steering
- Easterly
- Deep
- Mooring
- Bearing
- Wide
- Circumference
- Courtney
- Ferdinand
- Reason
- Shell
- Entrance
- Spit
- Isle
- Whale
- Meaning
- Weeds
- Rope
- Motive
- Bantam
- Canoe
- Boat
- Wind
- Sea
- Mangrove
- Distance
- Shallow
- Wallis
- Schooner
- Weed
- Contempt
- Bay
- Thermometer
- Daybreak
- Him
- Intention
- Sonar
- Promontory
- Iceberg
- Patch
- Soul
- Chasm
- Ballast
- Pollock
- Glance
- Coil
- Morning
- Island
- Batavia
- Mermaid
- Calm
- Sloop
- Rapidity
- Forty
- Quixote
- Mast
- Mind
- Diver
- Current
- Thirty
- Ground
Adjective
Wiktionary
FATHOM, noun. (obsolete) Grasp, envelopment, control.
FATHOM, noun. (nautical) A measure of length corresponding to the outstretched arms, standardised to six feet, now used mainly for measuring depths in seas or oceans.
FATHOM, noun. (by extension) Mental reach or scope; penetration; the extent of capacity; depth of thought or contrivance.
FATHOM, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To encircle with outstretched arms, especially to take a measurement; to embrace.
FATHOM, verb. (transitive) To measure the depth of, take a sounding of.
FATHOM, verb. (transitive) (figuratively) To get to the bottom of; to manage to comprehend (a problem etc.).
Dictionary definition
FATHOM, noun. A linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth.
FATHOM, noun. (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore.
FATHOM, verb. Come to understand.
FATHOM, verb. Measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line.
Wise words
The chief difference between words and deeds is that words
are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds
can be done only for God.