📖 Definitions of "Fathom"
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."
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