Thorough

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thorough \Thor"ough\, prep. [See {Through}.]
     Through. [Obs.] --Spenser. Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thorough \Thor"ough\, adv.
     1. Thoroughly. [Obs. or Colloq.] --Chaucer.
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     2. Through. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thorough \Thor"ough\, n.
     A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
     [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  thorough
       adj 1: painstakingly careful and accurate; "our accountant is
              thorough"; "thorough research"
       2: very thorough; exhaustively complete; "an exhaustive study";
          "made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing research" [syn: {exhaustive},
           {thoroughgoing}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  150 Moby Thesaurus words for "thorough":
     absolute, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, all-out,
     all-pervading, arrant, assiduous, blow-by-blow, born, broad-based,
     canny, careful, cautious, chronic, circumspect, classical, clean,
     clear, complete, comprehensive, confirmed, congenital,
     conscientious, consummate, crass, decided, deep-dyed, deep-fixed,
     deep-rooted, deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled, definitive,
     deliberate, detailed, diligent, discreet, downright,
     dyed-in-the-wool, egregious, elaborate, encyclopedic, established,
     exhaustive, extensive, fast, full, full-dress, fully realized,
     gingerly, glaring, gross, guarded, heedful, hesitant, implanted,
     incorrigible, inculcated, industrious, infixed, ingrained,
     instilled, intensive, intolerable, inveterate, irreversible,
     itemized, judicious, leaving out nothing, long-established,
     methodical, meticulous, mindful, minute, noncommittal, omnibus,
     omnipresent, on guard, operose, out-and-out, outright,
     overlooking no possibility, painstaking, particular,
     particularized, pawky, perfect, pervasive, plain, plumb, polished,
     politic, positive, precious, profound, pronounced, proper, prudent,
     pure, radical, rank, regardful, regular, rooted, safe, scrupulous,
     sedulous, set, settled, settled in habit, shattering, sheer,
     shocking, slow to act, stark, stark-staring, straight, superlative,
     surpassing, sweeping, tentative, the veriest, thoroughgoing,
     through-and-through, total, ubiquitous, unadventurous, unalloyed,
     unbearable, uncommunicative, unconditional, unconscionable,
     undaring, undeniable, undiluted, unenterprising, unequivocal,
     universal, unmitigated, unmixed, unprecipitate, unqualified,
     unrelieved, unreserved, unrestricted, unspoiled, utter, veritable,
     wholesale