is fathoming
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present progressiveof fathom (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
fathomnouna unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. fath
Example Sentences
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All I can hope is to clear the worst part of the way; for, in undertaking to retrieve an estate, the beginning is certainly the most difficult of the work—it is fathoming a chaos.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Horace Walpole