fathoms

Meaning of fathoms

noun
  1. Grasp, envelopment, control.
  2. (now usually nautical) An English unit of length for water depth notionally based upon the width of grown man's outstretched arms but standardized as 6 feet (about 1.8 m).
  3. Various similar units in other systems.
  4. Depth of insight, mental reach or scope.
verb
  1. To encircle with outstretched arms, especially to take a measurement; to embrace.
  2. To measure the depth of, take a sounding of.
  3. To get to the bottom of; to manage to comprehend; understand (a problem etc.).
    I can't for the life of me fathom what this means.

Information about fathoms

  • The singular form of fathoms is: fathom.
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Hyphenation of fathoms

fath-oms

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • fathoms is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

fathoms synonyms

Meaning :

brace, stade

Words that rhyme with fathoms

Homs

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