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# {{rfd-sense|en}} To [[gaze]] through a [[gap]] or [[aperture]]. |
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#: ''He '''looked through''' the binoculars at the bird.'' |
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# To [[take]] a [[view]] of the contents of; [[search]] in, either with the eyes or by hand. |
# To [[take]] a [[view]] of the contents of; [[search]] in, either with the eyes or by hand. |
Revision as of 22:39, 7 September 2019
English
Pronunciation
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Verb
look through (third-person singular simple present looks through, present participle looking through, simple past and past participle looked through)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, through.
- He looked through the binoculars at the bird.
- To take a view of the contents of; search in, either with the eyes or by hand.
- I looked through the magazine, but it didn't seem very interesting.
- Airport security looked through her purse and confiscated her nail scissors.
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (transitive, archaic) To penetrate with the understanding; to see through.
- 1829, Richard Holcraft, Tales of Humour and Romance: Selected from Popular German Writers
- I got a small ring to make; when I brought back the finished trinket to him he stared at me with his sparkling eyes, as if he would look through my very soul, and then said: 'Thou art a clever expert fellow […]
- 1832, The Christian Offering (page 205)
- But a man should have serious consideration enough to look through this deception.
- 2012, Mary Young, Through Love's Eyes, page 3:
- The village women were bad enough, but this man looked through me, past all the walls I had built to protect myself from pain. I do not think I could have hidden anything from him, even with a lifetime's practice of hiding what I felt.
- 1829, Richard Holcraft, Tales of Humour and Romance: Selected from Popular German Writers
- (idiomatic, often with "right") To appear or pretend not to see something or someone who is clearly visible.
- I tried to get Michele's attention at the party, but she looked right through me!
See also
References
- “look through”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.