Definitions for fathom

fathom fath·om

Spelling: [fath -uh m]
IPA: /ˈfæð əm/

Fathom is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 88 anagrams from letters in fathom (afhmot).

Definitions for fathom

noun

  1. a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. Abbreviation: fath.

verb (used with object)

  1. to measure the depth of by means of a sounding line; sound.
  2. to penetrate to the truth of; comprehend; understand:

Origin of fathom

before 900; Middle English fathme, Old English fæthm span of outstretched arms; cognate with German Faden six-foot measure, Old Norse fathmr; akin to patent

Examples for fathom

Now another monologue, also spoken by a woman who has experienced more than most can fathom, has left me entranced and devastated.

If the concept of W.H. and Michelle Price as a happy couple is hard to fathom, the reality is easy to understand.

But any attempt on his part to fathom it only met with cold silence.

Miss Hernshaw didn't seek to fathom the mystery of his closing words.

Sixty fathom of two-inch chain, and old Joe talks about parting.

"There's less than a fathom of water here, sir," sang out Johnson from the bows.

The celebrity of Li is hard to fathom in terms that American fans—tennis savvy or not—can fully comprehend.

As a powerful woman she presents problems for men trying to fathom her.

The look in his eyes was both sad and savage--an expression I could not fathom.

Praying for you, dear brother in the One who loves both of us more than we ever could fathom.

Word Value for fathom
Scrable

14

Words with friends

14

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