Definitions
measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
Used in a sentence
“[T]he ſhipmen deemed that they drew neere to ſome countrey: And ſounded, and found it twentie fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they ſounded againe, and found it fifteene fathoms.”
“Full fadom fiue thy Father lies, Of his bones are Corrall made: Those are pearles that were his eies, Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a Sea-change Into someting rich, & strange”
“After we'd rowed for an hour, we found ourselves stranded ten fathoms from shore.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Understand fully”6 letters
02“Understand deeply”6 letters
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