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fathom

/ˈfæðəm/ verbo C2

En español: sondar, sondear, fondear, hondear

  1. To measure the depth of (water); to take a sounding of; to sound. (figuratively, transitive)
  2. Often followed by out: to deeply understand (someone or something); to get to the bottom of. (figuratively, transitive) · I can’t for the life of me fathom what this means.
  3. To measure a depth; to sound. (intransitive)
  4. To conduct an examination or inquiry; to investigate. (figuratively, intransitive)

He/she/it fathoms · Pasado fathomed · Participio pasado fathomed · Forma en -ing fathoming

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Forma en -ing
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De la biblioteca

I don’t say that we have fathomed it—far from it—but when we have traced the missing dumb-bell—”
The Valley of Fear, p. 65 · C1
The writer claimed by a momentary expression, a twitch of a muscle or a glance of an eye, to fathom a man’s inmost thoughts.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 17 · B2
Well, I do not know that this place contains any secret which we have not already fathomed.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 201 · C1

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