fathom in English

noun
1
a unit of length equal to six feet (approximately 1.8 m), chiefly used in reference to the depth of water.
sonar says that we're in eighteen fathoms
verb
1
understand (a difficult problem or an enigmatic person) after much thought.
he could scarcely fathom the idea that people actually lived in Las Vegas
synonyms:understandcomprehendwork outmake sense ofgraspdivinepuzzle outget to the bottom ofinterpretdecipherdecodemake head(s) or tail(s) ofcrack
2
measure the depth of (water).
an attempt to fathom the ocean
synonyms:measure the depth ofsoundplumb
verb

Use "fathom" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "fathom" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "fathom", or refer to the context using the word "fathom" in the English Dictionary.

1. I can't quite fathom it.

2. I can't fathom him.

3. Can you fathom out her intentions?

4. I can't fathom what you really meant.

5. Can you fathom it out?

6. I can't fathom his meaning.

7. I cannot fathom his remarks.

8. Jeremy's passive attitude was hard to fathom.

9. I can't fathom her at all.

10. They want to fathom into this matter.

11. We're trying to fathom out what's going on.

12. Below him, full fathom five; above, infinity.

13. I still can't fathom out what she meant.

14. I really couldn't fathom what Steiner was talking about.

15. He couldn't fathom out what the man could possibly mean.

16. Mark couldn't fathom why she resented him so much.

17. Pug no longer tried to fathom the President's purposes.

18. He couldn't fathom why she'd taken such exception to Eleanor.

19. Usurpingly prodding goog fathom disconcerting mazily, agravic bum Clarance Berryings misleadingly trussed meltingness

20. Part of the Fathom brand, the Adonia is one of Carnival's smaller ships, …

21. I can't fathom her out — she says one thing then does another.

22. One a Chinese foot close hard to fathom a person's mind.

23. Dalzell looked as if he were trying to fathom her character.

24. For years people have been trying to fathom the mysteries of the whale's song.

25. Deadlifting 405 was easy, but Benching 405? I couldn’t even fathom it

26. As a boy, I could fathom somewhat the danger of a storm-tossed sea.

27. Often it is difficult to fathom how these slings are knotted and connected.

28. And then he lost his funding. In retrospect, it seems hard to fathom.

29. Revenge is not hard to fathom for a man who believes in nothing.

30. Spent his first year at the Pentagon just trying to fathom its Byzantine workings

31. It is hard to fathom the pain felt at the death of a child.

32. St. John's eyes, though clear enough a literal sense, a figurative one were difficult to fathom.

33. I'm having difficulty using my video editing equipment and can't fathom out the various connections.

34. Do not waste valuable height trying to fathom out how to get down in an unsuitable field.

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36. There were gutting confessions, and moments where we just absolutely couldn't fathom the other person's experience.

37. What the locals could not fathom out, however, was the reason behind Pascoe's new-found prosperity.

38. Nathan gazed fixedly at her for a moment with an expression she couldn't fathom,[sentencedict .com] then disappeared again.

39. Words that rhyme with Album include talcum, vallum, valium, bosom, bottom, custom, quantum, random, welcome and fathom

40. You very quickly work out what is it that you've got to do to fathom that out.

41. Late-twentieth century culture is hard enough to fathom, even if you live within its centrifugal core.

42. Words that rhyme with Bosom include bottom, custom, random, blossom, fathom, venom, welcome, atom, problem and ransom

43. Sometimes you get signs and portents which the quacks can't fathom, but which go down like markers for middle-age.

44. This location was accessible by ocean-going vessels, which would anchor at Five Fathom Hole, and provided safe harbour.

45. Sam Fong had stopped dusting the cans and had given up trying to fathom the writing on the crate.

46. 🔊 Although most people supported the soldiers, they couldn’t fathom the cruel and Barbarous events that took place during the war

47. And we do know that for some gravitational reason we've yet to fathom, the absorption effect is nullified below ground-level.

48. Advisable by Fathom is an educational platform serving up content from accountants who’ve made the leap to offering advisory services.

49. But as a novel that attempts to fathom our recent times, it is always thought-provoking and ultimately deeply moving.

50. Related terms for 'Bottommost': bottomless, the bowels of something, come down, deep, deeply, depth, fathom, fathomless, knee-deep, profound, shallow