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fth

fth is the abbreviation of fathom.

fth is the abbreviation of forth.

Meaning of fathom

Noun

fathom (plural fathoms)

  1. (US, historical) A man's armspan, generally reckoned to be six feet (about 1.8 metres). Later used to measure the depth of water, but now generally replaced by the metre outside American usage.
    • [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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 27:27–28, column 2
    1. (US, historical) An internationally standardized version of this unit, the international fathom (= 1.8288 metres = 6 feet).
  2. (US) A measure of distance to shore: the nearest point to shore at which the water depth is the value quoted.
    • After we'd rowed for an hour, we found ourselves stranded ten fathoms from shore.
  3. (figuratively, in plural) An unspecified depth.
  4. (archaic, figuratively, obsolete) Depth of insight; mental reach or scope.
    • Another of his fathome they haue not / To leade their buſineſſe, […]c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act...
  5. (obsolete) The act of stretching out one's arms away from the sides of the torso so that they make a straight line perpendicular to the body.

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Meaning of forth

Adverb

forth (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, formal) Forward in time, place or degree.
    • From this time forth, I never will speak word.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  2. (archaic, formal) Out into view; from a particular place or position.
    • The plants in spring put forth leaves.
  3. (obsolete) Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.
    • I have no mind of feasting forth to-night.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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Questions about fth

What is fth the abbreviation of?
Fth is the abbreviation of fathom.

Words near fth in the dictionary

  1. FTE
  2. FTEs
  3. FTFA
  4. FTFY
  5. FTGH
  6. fth
  7. FTHS
  8. FTI
  9. FTIR
  10. ftira
  11. ftiras

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fth (page history and authors); fathom (page history and authors); forth (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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