Through
[θruː] or [θru]
Definition
(adj.) (of a route or journey etc.) continuing without requiring stops or changes; 'a through street'; 'a through bus'; 'through traffic' .
(adv.) throughout the entire extent; 'got soaked through in the rain'; 'I'm frozen through'; 'a letter shot through with the writer's personality'; 'knew him through and through'; 'boards rotten through and through'.
(adv.) over the whole distance; 'this bus goes through to New York'.
(adv.) in diameter; 'this cylinder measures 15 inches through'.
(adv.) from beginning to end; 'read this book through'.
(adv.) to completion; 'think this through very carefully!'.
Editor: Rena--From WordNet
Definition
(prep.) From end to end of, or from side to side of; from one surface or limit of, to the opposite; into and out of at the opposite, or at another, point; as, to bore through a piece of timber, or through a board; a ball passes through the side of a ship.
(prep.) Between the sides or walls of; within; as, to pass through a door; to go through an avenue.
(prep.) By means of; by the agency of.
(prep.) Over the whole surface or extent of; as, to ride through the country; to look through an account.
(prep.) Among or in the midst of; -- used to denote passage; as, a fish swims through the water; the light glimmers through a thicket.
(prep.) From the beginning to the end of; to the end or conclusion of; as, through life; through the year.
(adv.) From one end or side to the other; as, to pierce a thing through.
(adv.) From beginning to end; as, to read a letter through.
(adv.) To the end; to a conclusion; to the ultimate purpose; as, to carry a project through.
(a.) Going or extending through; going, extending, or serving from the beginning to the end; thorough; complete; as, a through line; a through ticket; a through train. Also, admitting of passage through; as, a through bridge.
Checker: Rhonda
Synonyms and Synonymous
prep. [1]. From one side, end, or part of, to the other.[2]. By means of, by the agency of, in consequence of.
ad. [1]. From one side or part to the other.[2]. From beginning to end.[3]. To the end.
Inputed by Lennon
Definition
prep. from end to end or from side to side of: between the sides of: over the whole extent of: among: from beginning to end: by means of: in consequence of.—adv. from one end or side to the other: from beginning to end: to the end or purpose.—adj. clear unobstructed serving for an entire route.—adv. Through′-and-through thoroughly.—ns. Through′-bolt a bolt which passes through from side to side of what it fastens; Through′fare (Shak.) same as Thoroughfare; Through′-gang (Scot.) a thoroughfare.—adj. Through′-gang′ing thorough-going.—n. Through-gō′ing (Scot.) a scolding.—adj. active energetic.—adv. Through′ly (obs.) same as Thoroughly.—prep. Throughout′ through to the outside: in every part of: from one end to the other.—adv. in every part: everywhere.—ns. Through′-stone a bonder or bond-stone in building: a grave-stone made so as to lie flat; Through′-tick′et a ticket for the whole of a journey; Through′-traff′ic the traffic between two centres at a distance from each other—opp. to Local traffic; Through′-train a train which goes the whole length of a long route.—Be through to be finished; Carry through (see Carry); Go through (see Go).
Typed by Jaime
Examples
- The paper was first dipped into a solution of common salt, and then wiped dry, to diffuse the salt uniformly through the substance of the paper. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- We had walked through two armies without incident. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- And that third person could only have come in through the window. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Being delivered into the charge of the ma?tresse, I was led through a long narrow passage into a foreign kitchen, very clean but very strange. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mounting, Sola upon one beast, and Dejah Thoris behind me upon the other, we rode from the city of Thark through the hills to the south. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The fair little face, touched with divine compassion, as it peeped shrinkingly through the grate, was like an angel's in the prison. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But how has she lived through all these years? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- All through school hours I make mistakes. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Let us not, through security in hereafter, neglect the present. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- At one of the theatre doors, there was a little girl with a mother, looking for a way across the street through the mud. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Her father rose with her, and kept her hand drawn through his arm. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- If I was young, it would all have to be gone through again, and the end would be a weary way off, don't you see? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- To Gerald, the smallish, odd figure of the German was distinct and objective, as if seen through field glasses. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Moreover, he felt he was seen through, and Peter grew black as a thunder-cloud. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He could see a trail through the grass where horses had been led to the stream to drink and there was the fresh manure of several horses. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- When the cranes or other apparatus to be worked thereby are in operation, water is passed from the cylinder through a small pipe which actuates the crane through hydraulic pressure. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- But we shall take a shorter cut through the furze than you can go with long clothes; so we won't trouble you to wait. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Dana, then an officer of the War Department, accompanied me on the Vicksburg campaign and through a portion of the siege. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Heating by the circulation of hot water through pipes was also originated or revived during the 18th century, and a short time before Watt's circulation of steam. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Then they moved across, through the hall, to the other front room, that was a little smaller than the firSt. 'This is the study,' said Hermione. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- When she sang, every note thrilled in his dull soul, and tingled through his huge frame. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And it was so delightful that this higher degree of sympathy should be reached through their interest in Lily Bart! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She blew long enough to show that the sand had all slipped through. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- How I fought through it, _I_ don't know,' said Bounderby. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- In a narrative not intended to be strictly technical, it would probably tire the reader to follow this material in detail through the numerous steps attending the magnetic separation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He said, I have been through nearly every form of trial that human flesh is heir to, and I find that _there is nothing in life to fear but sin_. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In this a vacuum is maintained by a condenser, the vapors passing from the pan to the condenser through the great curved pipe rising from the top, which pipe is five feet in diameter. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The fighting continued through three days. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- There was but a single way, and that led through the mighty, towering trees upon our right. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Still there would not be all this dying to go through. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
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