fathom
noun
a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. fath
has fathomed
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present perfectof fathom (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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That he thoroughly enjoyed life, in all its beauty and fulness, the picture in Paris proves; but he has fathomed the depths of human sorrow, as well as the joys of Heaven.
From Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
The Devil's Chimney is a strange, natural oubliette of the Island, whose depth none has fathomed, though far below you may hear a subterranean waterfall roaring.
From An Isle in the Water by Katharine Tynan
The depth of the abyss shows the length of the line that has fathomed it, yet only the length of the line reveals the real depth of the abyss.
From Kept for the Master's Use by Frances Ridley Havergal
Martial knew that Justice does not trust to appearances, and that when she finds herself confronted by a mystery, she does not rest until she has fathomed it.
From The Honor of the Name by Émile Gaboriau
No historical student, surely, can ever feel the conviction that he has fathomed the depths of that well where Truth is said to lie hid.
From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by John Holland Rose
