fathom
31fathom — verb Fathom is used with these nouns as the object: ↑mystery …
32Fathom — Fa|thom [ fæȓəm] das; s, [s] <aus engl. amerik. fathom »Faden«> engl. u. nordamerik. Längenmaß (1,828 m), bes. bei der Schifffahrt …
33fathom — [OE] The underlying etymological meaning of fathom appears to be ‘stretching out, spreading’. It probably comes ultimately from the Indo European base *pot , *pet , which also produced Latin patēre ‘be open’ (source of English patent) and Greek… …
34fathom — noun a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 metres), chiefly used in reference to the depth of water. verb 1》 [usu. with negative] understand (something) after much thought. 2》 measure the depth of. Derivatives fathomable adjective fathomless… …
35fathom — verb 1) Charlotte tried to fathom her cat s expression Syn: understand, comprehend, work out, make sense of, grasp, divine, puzzle out, get to the bottom of; interpret, decipher, decode; informal make head(s) or tail(s) of, crack 2) fathoming the …
36fathom — [ˈfæðəm] verb [T] to understand something that is complicated or mysterious For some reason she couldn t fathom, he seemed angry.[/ex] …
37fathom — fath•om [[t]ˈfæð əm[/t]] n. pl. fath•oms, (esp. collectively)fath•om, 1) wam navig. a nautical unit of length equal to 6 feet (1.8 m) Abbr.: f. 4) fath fm. 1) 2) wam to measure the depth of by means of a sounding line; sound 3) to penetrate to… …
38fathom — A nautical measure of six feet in length. Occasionally used as a superficial measure of land and in mining, and in that case it means a square fathom or thirty six square feet …
39fathom — A nautical measure of six feet in length. Occasionally used as a superficial measure of land and in mining, and in that case it means a square fathom or thirty six square feet …
40fathom — [OE] The underlying etymological meaning of fathom appears to be ‘stretching out, spreading’. It probably comes ultimately from the Indo European base *pot , *pet , which also produced Latin patēre ‘be open’ (source of English patent) and Greek… …
