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Antonyms for fathoms

Grammar : Verb
Spell : fath -uh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæð əm


Definition of fathoms

Origin :
  • Old English fæðm "length of the outstretched arm" (a measure of about six feet), also "arms, grasp," and, figuratively "power," from Proto-Germanic *fathmaz "embrace" (cf. Old Norse faðmr "embrace, bosom," Old Saxon fathmos "the outstretched arms," Dutch vadem "a measure of six feet"), from PIE *pot(e)-mo-, from root *pete- "to spread, stretch out" (see pace (n.)). There are apparent cognates in Old Frisian fethem, German faden "thread," which OED explains by reference to "spreading out."
  • verb discern, understand
Example sentences :
  • It was said, afterwards, we were in five fathoms water at this time, but for this I will not vouch.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • We were about fifty fathoms from the shore, and I could not swim a stroke!
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • "I have never been further than eighty fathoms from the land," was one of his boasts.
  • Extract from : « To-morrow » by Joseph Conrad
  • Soundings were taken, and the ship found to be in twenty-six fathoms of water.
  • Extract from : « The Naval History of the United States » by Willis J. Abbot.
  • A quarter of a mile in, we sounded a second time, and had forty-three fathoms.
  • Extract from : « Left on Labrador » by Charles Asbury Stephens
  • The wind had died out, and they had dropped the anchor in forty-three fathoms.
  • Extract from : « Left on Labrador » by Charles Asbury Stephens
  • In the other part of the entrance there is forty fathoms of water or more.
  • Extract from : « Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora » by Edward Edwards
  • We were lying to and heaving the lead at the time and had no ground at 120 fathoms.
  • Extract from : « Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora » by Edward Edwards
  • The Carnatic went fifty fathoms out of the line at that one twist.
  • Extract from : « The Two Admirals » by J. Fenimore Cooper
  • The whale dives at once to a depth of a couple of hundred fathoms.
  • Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin

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