thorough /thurˈə, also (N American) thurˈō/ adjective- Passing or carried through, or to the end
- Complete
- Entire
- Out-and-out
- (of a person) assiduous and scrupulous in completing work and attending to every detail
- (of a task, etc) done with great care and attention to detail
preposition (obsolete)Through noun- That which goes through, a passage
- (also with cap) the blind and obstinately tyrannical policy of Strafford and Laud in administering civil and ecclesiastical affairs without regard to opposite convictions (historical)
ORIGIN: The longer form of through thorˈoughly adverb thorˈoughness noun thorough bass noun (music) - (esp in baroque music) a bass part underlying a piece, usu with figures to indicate the chords, and usu played on a keyboard instrument
- (loosely) harmony
- A deep bass (non-standard)
thorˈoughbrace noun (US) - A leather band supporting the body of certain types of carriage
- A stagecoach
thorˈoughbraced adjective thorˈoughbred adjective - Thoroughly or completely bred or trained
- (of a horse) bred from a dam and sire of the best blood, and having the qualities supposed to depend on such breeding
- Pure-bred
- (with cap) relating to the Thoroughbred breed of horses
- High-spirited
noun - An animal (esp a horse) of pure blood
- (with cap) a racehorse of a breed descended from any of three Arabian stallions of the early 18c whose ideal gait is the gallop
thorˈoughfare noun - A passage or way through
- A road open at both ends
- A public way or street
- Right of passing through
thorˈoughgoing adjective - Going through or to the end
- Going all lengths
- Complete
- Out-and-out
thorˈoughgoingly adverb thorˈoughgoingness noun thorˈough-paced adjective - (of a horse) thoroughly or perfectly trained in all paces
- Complete
thorˈoughpin noun (veterinary medicine) Inflammation of a horse's hock joint thorˈoughwax or thorˈow-wax noun The plant hare's-ear, from the stem seeming to wax (ie grow) through the leaves post-vintage thoroughbred A car built between 1 January 1931 and 31 December 1941 |