Definition of "fathoming" [fathoming]

• Present participle of fathom. (verb)

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• "It famously, complicatedly blends art and commerce, and perhaps the highest compliment one can pay a designer is to say that he or she understands the customer: a good part of the art lies in fathoming her mood, her desires, and her ambitions, and the ways these may shift from season to season and year to year and evolve as she ages."
• "One work of the Yerkes telescope (which is done by Dr. Lee and Professor Van Biesbroeck) and of some of these large reflectors is the determination of the distances of the fixed stars, which is the first step in fathoming the depths and dimensions of our universe."
• "Foundation president Tim Wirth, who served in both the House and Senate, said he is still working on "fathoming" the administration's environmental agenda."