fathoms

SayFA-thuhmzUS/ˈfæðəmz/UK/ˈfað(ə)mz/

2 meanings of fathoms

1
verb
The form of fathom used after he, she or it in the present.
Nobody fully fathoms what a new parent goes through until it happens.
My boss rarely fathoms how long these reports take to write.
2
noun
Plural of fathom. Use it when you mean more than one.
The sailors dropped the anchor in ten fathoms of water.
The old harbor charts give every depth in fathoms rather than meters.

fathoms is a form of fathom

fathom, verb: To understand something hard or puzzling after thinking about it, as in 'I can't fathom why he left.' Full entry

Forms: fathomfathoms he/she/itfathoming -ing formfathomed past tense, past participle
Spelling: fathom → fathoms: add -s

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