fathom

Etymology 1
From, , , from , , from , from , from ,.


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Noun

 * 1)  A man's armspan, generally reckoned to be six feet (about 1.8 metres). Later used to measure the depth of water, but now generally replaced by the metre outside American usage.
 * 2)  A measure of distance to shore: the nearest point to shore at which the water depth is the value quoted.
 * 3)  An unspecified depth.
 * 4)  Depth of insight; mental reach or scope.
 * 5) The act of stretching out one's arms away from the sides of the torso so that they make a straight line perpendicular to the body.
 * 6) Someone or something that is embraced.
 * 7)  Control, grasp.
 * 1)  An unspecified depth.
 * 2)  Depth of insight; mental reach or scope.
 * 3) The act of stretching out one's arms away from the sides of the torso so that they make a straight line perpendicular to the body.
 * 4) Someone or something that is embraced.
 * 5)  Control, grasp.
 * 1) Someone or something that is embraced.
 * 2)  Control, grasp.
 * 1)  Control, grasp.

Usage notes

 * At sea, the fathom is exclusively a measure of water depth. Therefore, a boat that is 100 fathoms offshore is not 600 feet from the shore, but rather at the nearest point to shore where the water depth is 600 feet.

Translations

 * Aklanon: dupa
 * Arabic: قامة
 * Bulgarian: фатом, клафтер
 * Catalan: braça
 * Cebuano: dupa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 英寻, 英尋
 * Czech:
 * Danish: favn
 * Dutch:
 * Erzya: сэль
 * Esperanto: klafto
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: favnur
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: საზღვაო საჟენი, ზღვის საჟენი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὀργυιά
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Higaonon: dupa
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ilocano: deppa
 * Irish: feá
 * Isnag: dappa
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ファゾム,
 * Malay:
 * Mansaka: dupa
 * Maori: aronui, mārō, whanganga
 * Norman: brache
 * Occitan:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, , морская са́жень
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: хва̑т)
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: siaha
 * Slovene: seženj
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: dipa
 * Telugu:
 * Tetum: roha
 * Thai:
 * Tocharian B: keṣe
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: фатом, сажень
 * Welsh: gwrhyd, gwryd

Etymology 2
From, , from , from , from : see further at etymology 1.



Verb

 * 1)  To measure the depth of (water); to take a sounding of; to sound.
 * 2)  To encircle (someone or something) with outstretched arms; specifically, to measure the circumference or  length of something.
 * 3)  Often followed by out: to deeply understand (someone or something); to get to the bottom of.
 * 4)  To embrace (someone or something).
 * 5) To measure a depth; to sound.
 * 6)  To conduct an examination or inquiry; to investigate.
 * 1)  To embrace (someone or something).
 * 2) To measure a depth; to sound.
 * 3)  To conduct an examination or inquiry; to investigate.
 * 1) To measure a depth; to sound.
 * 2)  To conduct an examination or inquiry; to investigate.
 * 1)  To conduct an examination or inquiry; to investigate.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Czech: měřit hloubku
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * German:, ,
 * Ido:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: де́лать проме́р лотом,
 * Slovene: izmeriti
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * Galician: abrazar
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Occitan:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: objať, obsiahnuť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: famna om,
 * Ukrainian: обхопити, обійняти


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 理解
 * Czech: porozumět do hloubky,, ,
 * Danish: begribe, fatte
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Estonian:, hoomama,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: ჩასწვდება, სწვდება
 * German:, ,
 * Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , , , ,
 * Slovak: obsiahnuť, pochopiť, zvládnuť
 * Slovene: dognati
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: осягати, збагнути, усвідомлювати, здогадуватися