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əm noun
1.
a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. Abbreviation: fath
Origin:
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
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
Related forms
fath·om·a·ble, adjective
fath·om·er, noun
un·fath·om·a·ble, adjective
un·fath·omed, adjective
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| —n | |
| 1. | a unit of length equal to six feet (1.829 metres), used to measure depths of water |
| 2. | mining a unit of volume usually equal to six cubic feet, used in measuring ore bodies |
| 3. | forestry a unit of volume equal to six cubic feet, used for measuring timber |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to measure the depth of, esp with a sounding line; sound |
| 5. | to penetrate (a mystery, problem, etc); discover the meaning of |
| [Old English fæthm; related to Old Frisian fethem outstretched arms, Old Norse fathmr embrace, Old High German fadum cubit, Latin patēre to gape] | |
| 'fathomable | |
| —adj | |
| 'fathomer | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
fathom
O.E. fæðm "length of the outstretched arm" (a measure of about six feet), also "arms, grasp," and, figuratively "power," from P.Gmc. *fathmaz "embrace" (cf. O.N. faðmr "embrace, bosom," O.S. fathmos "the outstretched arms," Du. vadem "a measure of six feet"), from PIE *pot-/*pet- denoting
"stretching out" (cf. Gk. petalon "leaf," L. patere "to be open"). The verb meaning of "take soundings" is c.1600; its figurative sense of "get to the bottom of, understand" is 1620s. Related: Fathomed; fathoming.
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Bible Dictionary
Fathom definition
(Old A.S. faethm, "bosom," or the outstretched arms), a span of six feet (Acts 27:28). Gr. orguia (from orego, "I stretch"), the distance between the extremities of both arms fully stretched out.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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