All 3 Uses of
fathom
in
Cinder, by Marissa Meyer
- Most of her customers couldn't fathom how a teenage girl could be the best mechanic in the city, and she never broadcast the reason for her talent.†
p. 10.3 *fathom = come to understand
- What she couldn't fathom was why.†
p. 368.7
- She couldn't respond, couldn't even begin to fathom what he was asking of her.†
p. 384.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(fathom as in: can't fathom) to come to understand
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Fathom can also refer to a unit of measure for water depth (6 feet), or to the act of measuring the depth of water.