āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to fathom
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āĻŦā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻž, āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻŦāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to understand and make sense of something after giving it a lot of thought
Transitive: to fathom a concept or idea
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
It took her some time to fathom the complexities of the scientific theory.
āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻ¤āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻ¤āĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻž, āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻž āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to measure how deep something, like water, is
Transitive: to fathom a body of water
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The crew fathomed the river to determine the best place to anchor.
āĻĻāĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĨ¤
Fathom
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āĻĢā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻŽ, āĻĢā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĨāĻŽ
a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth
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āĻĢā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻŽ (āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻ (6 āĻāĻ¨āĻĢā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨) āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻ āĻĻā§āĻš āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ), āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ āĻĢā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻŽ
(mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
