(Mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore.
Measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line.
Unit of length in the old imperial and the U.S. customary systems.
1 But by now I think I fathom the very different UK conventions.
2 The instability created in U.S. markets would be almost impossible to fathom .
3 It is all madness; I cannot fathom the meaning of these things.
4 It's hard to fathom just how disastrous Eskom has been this year.
5 It was still nearly impossible for her to accept or even fathom .
6 They would fathom the trick of the two parties and the exchange.
7 Some deep purpose inspires him; let it be mine to fathom it.
8 Nweke is aware of the hype, and says it's difficult to fathom .
9 Beneath his question lurked a chasm I could not begin to fathom .
10 Quite what England's tactics were during this period was hard to fathom .
11 Even those who have known him for decades cannot fathom his decisions.
12 What all these words were doing together, I couldn't begin to fathom .
13 In April the Cultivator Cove is good ground even into 20 - fathom depths.
14 There was some change in the child which she could not fathom .
15 There was no way that we could fathom this out by reason.
16 Mardian was staring at me, clearly trying to fathom what was happening.
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