Word: fathom

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Synonyms: fathom

waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels

Translations: fathom

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german
Translations:
ergründen, faden, klafter
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french
Translations:
saisir, sonder, voir, comprendre, brasse, concevoir
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norwegian
Translations:
favn
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finnish
Translations:
syli
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czech
Translations:
sáh, pochopit, sondovat
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polish
Translations:
zrozumieć, rozumieć, gruntować, sążeń, sondować, zgłębiać, pojąć
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greek
Translations:
οργιά
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estonian
Translations:
loodima
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croatian
Translations:
hvat
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icelandic
Translations:
faðmur
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slovak
Translations:
sák

The meaning and "use of": fathom

noun
  • a unit of length equal to six feet (approximately 1.8 m), chiefly used in reference to the depth of water. - sonar says that we're in eighteen fathoms
verb
  • understand (a difficult problem or an enigmatic person) after much thought. - he could scarcely fathom the idea that people actually lived in Las Vegas
  • measure the depth of (water). - an attempt to fathom the ocean

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