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[syn: exhaustive, thorough, thoroughgoing]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Thorough \Thor"ough\, prep. [See Through.]
Through. [Obs.] --Spenser. Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Thorough \Thor"ough\, a.
1. Passing through; as, thorough lights in a house. [Obs.]
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2. Passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect;
as, a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thorough
translator; a thorough poet.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Thorough \Thor"ough\, adv.
1. Thoroughly. [Obs. or Colloq.] --Chaucer.
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2. Through. [Obs.] --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Thorough \Thor"ough\, n.
A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
[Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
thorough
adj 1: painstakingly careful and accurate; "our accountant is
thorough"; "thorough research"
2: performed comprehensively and completely; "an exhaustive
study"; "made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing research"
[syn: exhaustive, thorough, thoroughgoing]