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thorow

thorow is the obsolete spelling of thorough.

thorow is the obsolete spelling of through.

Meaning of thorough

Preposition

thorough

  1. (archaic) Through.
    • Ye might haue ſeene the frothy billowes fry
      Vnder the ſhip, as thorough them ſhe went […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Meaning of through

Preposition

through

  1. So as to enter (something), pass within or across, and then leave.
    • I drove through Lausanne on my way from Geneva to Zurich.
  2. So as to progress within (something) or towards the end or limit of (something).
    • The virus broke out in the capital city and is now spreading quickly through the country.
  3. From one side of (an opening) to the other.
    • Go straight ahead and through that door.
  4. To or beyond the other side of (an obstacle); past.
    • I hope to start in the autumn, but I've got to get through the interview first.
  5. ('get through' etc.) Indicating that something has been consumed or used up.
    • Have you got through all those chocolates already?!
  6. Along the course of; used in expressions of progress towards the end of something.
    • We're halfway through the year.

See all 31 meanings of through

Words formed from thorow

  • thorowwort
  • thorow wort
  • thorow wax
  • thorowwax

Questions about thorow

What is thorow the obsolete spelling of?
Thorow is the obsolete spelling of thorough.

Words near thorow in the dictionary

  1. thoroughwax
  2. thoroughway
  3. thoroughways
  4. thoroughwort
  5. thoroughworts
  6. thorow
  7. thorowly
  8. thorp
  9. Thorp Arch
  10. Thorpdale
  11. Thorpdale South

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thorow (page history and authors); thorough (page history and authors); through (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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