thorough

Definitions

1. adjective

   Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.

   Examples

   • The Prime Minister announced a thorough investigation into the death of a father-of-two in police custody.
   • Not enough! Your work has to be thorougher than this.
   ≈comprehensive
2. adjective

   Utter; complete; absolute.

   Example

   • Dr. Oldfield once said to me, 'You talk to me quite all right, but why is it that you never open your lips at a committee meeting? You are a drone.' I appreciated the banter. The bees are ever busy, the drone is a thorough idler.
   ≈downright
3. preposition

   Through.

   Examples

   • Ye might haue ſeene the frothy billowes fry Vnder the ſhip, as thorough them ſhe went […]
   • You are contented to be led in triumph Thorough the streets of Rome?
4. noun

   A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.

   Example

   • The Ignorance and Idleness of the Plowman, who either goes so shallow, or plows his Thoroughs so wide, or misses Part of the Ground.