THOROUGH

prep. a. adv. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
prep.

Through. [Obs.] Spenser. Shak.

2.
a.

Passing through; as, thorough lights in a house. [Obs.]

3.
a.

Passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect; as, a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thorough translator; a thorough poet.

4.
adv.

Thoroughly. [Obs. or Colloq.] Chaucer.

5.
adv.

Through. [Obs.] Shak.

6.
n.

A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.


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