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EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionaryidden='true'>, arboricultural
EnglishMerriam-Webster DictionaryAntonyms
verb
Synonyms (Entry 3 of 3)
present participle of farm
- to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on //we're planning on farming 50 acres the first yearSynonyms
fathom
Definition (Entry 1 of 2)
- : a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water —sometimes used in the singular when qualified by a number //five fathom deep
- : comprehension //… the themes display a newer fathom than the technical modernism of the composer's earlier works. — Newsweek
verb
fathomed; fathoming; fathoms
Definition (Entry 2 of 2)
- intransitive verb
- : probe
- : to take soundings
- transitive verb
- : to measure by a sounding line
- : to penetrate and come to understand //couldn't fathom the problem
Examples
Noun
- //The water here is five fathoms deep.
Verb
- //the pilot had to continually fathom the river, which drought conditions had lowered to unprecedented levels
First Known Use
Noun
before 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1Verb
1607, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1History and Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English fadme, from Old English fæthm outstretched arms, length of the outstretched arms; akin to Old Norse fathmr fathom, Latin patēreidden='true'>, arboriculturalAntonyms
verb
Synonyms (Entry 3 of 3)
present participle of farm
- to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on //we're planning on farming 50 acres the first yearSynonyms
fathom
Definition (Entry 1 of 2)
- : a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water —sometimes used in the singular when qualified by a number //five fathom deep
- : comprehension //… the themes display a newer fathom than the technical modernism of the composer's earlier works. — Newsweek
verb
fathomed; fathoming; fathoms
Definition (Entry 2 of 2)
- intransitive verb
- : probe
- : to take soundings
- transitive verb
- : to measure by a sounding line
- : to penetrate and come to understand //couldn't fathom the problem
Examples
Noun
- //The water here is five fathoms deep.
Verb
- //the pilot had to continually fathom the river, which drought conditions had lowered to unprecedented levels
First Known Use
Noun
before 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1Verb
1607, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1History and Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English fadme, from Old English fæthm outstretched arms, length of the outstretched arms; akin to Old Norse fathmr fathom, Latin patēreidden='true'>, arboriculturalAntonyms
verb
Synonyms (Entry 3 of 3)
present participle of farm
- to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on //we're planning on farming 50 acres the first yearSynonyms
fathom
Definition (Entry 1 of 2)
- : a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water —sometimes used in the singular when qualified by a number //five fathom deep
- : comprehension //… the themes display a newer fathom than the technical modernism of the composer's earlier works. — Newsweek
verb
fathomed; fathoming; fathoms
Definition (Entry 2 of 2)
- intransitive verb
- : probe
- : to take soundings
- transitive verb
- : to measure by a sounding line
- : to penetrate and come to understand //couldn't fathom the problem
Examples
Noun
- //The water here is five fathoms deep.
Verb
- //the pilot had to continually fathom the river, which drought conditions had lowered to unprecedented levels
First Known Use
Noun
before 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1Verb
1607, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1History and Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English fadme, from Old English fæthm outstretched arms, length of the outstretched arms; akin to Old Norse fathmr fathom, Latin patēreidden='true'>, arboriculturalAntonyms
verb
Synonyms (Entry 3 of 3)
present participle of farm
- to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on //we're planning on farming 50 acres the first yearSynonyms
fathom
Definition (Entry 1 of 2)
- : a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water —sometimes used in the singular when qualified by a number //five fathom deep
- : comprehension //… the themes display a newer fathom than the technical modernism of the composer's earlier works. — Newsweek
verb
fathomed; fathoming; fathoms
Definition (Entry 2 of 2)
- intransitive verb
- : probe
- : to take soundings
- transitive verb
- : to measure by a sounding line
- : to penetrate and come to understand //couldn't fathom the problem
Examples
Noun
- //The water here is five fathoms deep.
Verb
- //the pilot had to continually fathom the river, which drought conditions had lowered to unprecedented levels
First Known Use
Noun
before 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1Verb
1607, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1History and Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English fadme, from Old English fæthm outstretched arms, length of the outstretched arms; akin to Old Norse fathmr fathom, Latin patēreidden='true'>, arboriculturalAntonyms
verb
Synonyms (Entry 3 of 3)
present participle of farm
- to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on //we're planning on farming 50 acres the first yearSynonyms
fathom
Definition (Entry 1 of 2)
- : a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water —sometimes used in the singular when qualified by a number //five fathom deep
- : comprehension //… the themes display a newer fathom than the technical modernism of the composer's earlier works. — Newsweek
verb
fathomed; fathoming; fathoms
Definition (Entry 2 of 2)
- intransitive verb
- : probe
- : to take soundings
- transitive verb
- : to measure by a sounding line
- : to penetrate and come to understand //couldn't fathom the problem
Examples
Noun
- //The water here is five fathoms deep.
Verb
- //the pilot had to continually fathom the river, which drought conditions had lowered to unprecedented levels
First Known Use
Noun
before 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1Verb
1607, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1History and Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English fadme, from Old English fæthm outstretched arms, length of the outstretched arms; akin to Old Norse fathmr fathom, Latin patēreidden='true'>, arboriculturalAntonyms
verb
Synonyms (Entry 3 of 3)
present participle of farm
- to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on //we're planning on farming 50 acres the first yearSynonyms
fathom
Definition (Entry 1 of 2)
- : a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water —sometimes used in the singular when qualified by a number //five fathom deep
- : comprehension //… the themes display a newer fathom than the technical modernism of the composer's earlier works. — Newsweek
verb
fathomed; fathoming; fathoms
Definition (Entry 2 of 2)
- intransitive verb
- : probe
- : to take soundings
- transitive verb
- : to measure by a sounding line
- : to penetrate and come to understand //couldn't fathom the problem
Examples
Noun
- //The water here is five fathoms deep.
Verb
- //the pilot had to continually fathom the river, which drought conditions had lowered to unprecedented levels
First Known Use
Noun
before 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1Verb
1607, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1History and Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English fadme, from Old English fæthm outstretched arms, length of the outstretched arms; akin to Old Norse fathmr fathom, Latin patēre