THUMB THROUGH

Meaning of THUMB THROUGH in English

If you ~ something such as a book or magazine, you turn the pages quickly rather than reading each page carefully.

He had the drawer open and was thumbing through the files.

PHRASAL VERB: V P n

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THUMB THROUGH — go through something quickly
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
THUMB THROUGH — If you thumb through something such as a book or magazine, you turn the pages quickly rather than reading each …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THUMB THROUGH — Synonyms and related words : browse, dip into, examine cursorily, flip, give the once-over, glance at, glance over, glance through, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THUMB THROUGH — {v. phr.} To examine superficially; read cursorily. * /I have read "War and Peace" but Fran has only thumbed through …
Slang English vocab
THUMB THROUGH — Function: verb Synonyms: BROWSE , dip (into), flip (through), glance (at or over), leaf (through), riff (through), riffle (through), run …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
THUMB THROUGH — verb Synonyms: browse , dip (into), flip (through), glance (at or over), leaf (through), riff (through), riffle (through), run (through …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
THUMB THROUGH — • ↑ leaf/flick/thumb through
Longman Activator English vocab
THUMB THROUGH — {v. phr.} To examine superficially; read cursorily. * /I have read "War and Peace" but Fran has only thumbed through …
Словарь английских идиом
THUMB THROUGH — v. phr. To examine superficially; read cursorily. I have read "War and Peace" but Fran has only thumbed through it.
American Idioms English vocabulary
THUMB THROUGH — пролистать, просмотреть to thumb through a book ≈ пролистать книгу перелистывать
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THUMB THROUGH — пролистать, просмотреть; to thumb through a book пролистать книгу
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
THUMB THROUGH — пролистать, просмотреть to thumb through a book — пролистать книгу
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
THUMB THROUGH — листать, смотреть
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
THUMB THROUGH — листать, смотреть
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
THUMB THROUGH — пролистать, просмотреть to thumb through a book — пролистать книгу
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
THUMB THROUGH — пролистать, просмотреть to thumb through a book — пролистать книгу
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
THUMB THROUGH — пролистать, просмотреть; to thumb through a book пролистать книгу
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
THUMB THROUGH — пролистать, просмотреть; to thumb through a book пролистать книгу
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
THUMB THROUGH — пролистать, просмотреть to thumb through a book ≈ пролистать книгу перелистывать
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
THUMB — I. ˈthəm noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English thoume, thoumbe, thombe, from Old English thüma; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THROUGH — I. ˈthrü preposition also thru Etymology: Middle English thurgh, thruh, thruh, through, from Old English thuruh, thurh; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THUMB — (v. t.) To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling; …
Английский словарь Webster
THUMB — ( v. t. ) To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THROUGH — ( a. ) Going or extending through; going, extending, or serving from the beginning to the end; thorough; complete; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THUMB — — thumbless , adj. — thumblike , adj. /thum/ , n. 1. the short, thick, inner digit of the human …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THROUGH — /throoh/ , prep. 1. in at one end, side, or surface and out at the other: to pass through a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THUMB — I. ˈthəm noun Etymology: Middle English thoume, thoumbe, from Old English thūma; akin to Old High German thūmo thumb, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THROUGH — I. ˈthrü preposition Etymology: Middle English thurh, thruh, through, from Old English thurh; akin to Old High German durh through, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THUMB — vt to handle awkwardly. 2. thumb ·vt to play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to …
Webster English vocab
THROUGH — prep by means of; by the agency of. 2. through ·adv from beginning to end; as, to read a letter …
Webster English vocab
THUMB — [thumb] n [ME thoume, thoumbe, fr. OE thuma; akin to OHG thumo thumb, L tumere to swell] (bef. 12c) 1: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THUMB — / θʌm; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. the short thick finger at the side of the hand, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROUGH — / θruː; NAmE / preposition , adverb , adjective ■ preposition HELP NOTE : For the special uses of through …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THUMB — I. thumb 1 /θʌm/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: thuma ] 1 . the part …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THROUGH — I. through 1 S1 W1 /θruː/ BrE AmE preposition , adverb 1 . DOOR/PASSAGE ETC into one side or end …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THUMB — n. & v. --n. 1 a a short thick terminal projection on the human hand, set lower and apart from …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THROUGH — prep., adv., & adj. (also thro', US thru) --prep. 1 a from end to end or from side to side …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THUMB — n. & v. n. 1 a a short thick terminal projection on the human hand, set lower and apart from …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THROUGH — prep., adv., & adj. (also thro', US thru) prep. 1 a from end to end or from side to side …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THUMB — n. & v. --n. 1. a a short thick terminal projection on the human hand, set lower and apart from …
Oxford English vocab
THROUGH — prep., adv., & adj. (also thro', US thru) --prep. 1. a from end to end or from side to side …
Oxford English vocab
THUMB — ( thumbs, thumbing, thumbed) 1. Your thumb is the short thick part on the side of your hand next to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROUGH — The preposition is pronounced /θru:/. In other cases, 'through' is pronounced /θru:/. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROUGH — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
THUMB — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES jerking...thumb ▪ ‘Is that the only way out of here?’ he asked, jerking a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THROUGH — I. preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bill goes through parliament (= it goes through the process of being made …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THUMB — [verb] [I or T] [informal]You thumb by standing near the edge of a road and holding out your hand with …
Cambridge English vocab
THROUGH — (DIRECT) [adjective] [not gradable] - going directly from one place to anotherIf you travel on a through train, you stay …
Cambridge English vocab
THUMB — See: ALL THUMBS, GREEN THUMB, TURN THUMBS DOWN, TWIDDLE ONE'S THUMBS, UNDER ONE'S THUMB or UNDER THE THUMB OF.
Slang English vocab
THUMB — n. Hop o' my thumb hop o' my thumb thumb through Tom Thumb
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
THROUGH — adj. run through run through or over carry through come through flip through leaf through muddle through pull through riff …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
THUMB — I. noun VERB + THUMB ▪ suck ▪ flick , jab , jerk ▪ ‘What'll we do with them?’ he …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
THUMB — • ↑ be under sb's/the thumb • ↑ it sticks/stands out like a sore thumb • ↑ stick/stand out like …
Longman Activator English vocab
THROUGH — See ↑ ACROSS 1, ↑ BECAUSE 1, ↑ DURING 1, ↑ TIME 7, ↑ UNTIL 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be …
Longman Activator English vocab
THROUGH — adj. 25B6; preposition we drove through the tunnel : INTO AND OUT OF, to the other/far side of, from one …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
THUMB — < processor > An extension to the Advanced RISC Machine architecture, announced on 06 March 1995 by Advanced RISC Machines …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
THUMB — n. 1 Technical pollex. 2 all thumbs. awkward, clumsy, maladroit, Colloq butter-fingered, ham-fisted, cack-handed I am all thumbs when it …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
THROUGH — prep. 1 because of, on account of, owing to, as a consequence or result of, by virtue of, via, be …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
THUMB — See: ALL THUMBS, GREEN THUMB, TURN THUMBS DOWN, TWIDDLE ONE'S THUMBS, UNDER ONE'S THUMB or UNDER THE THUMB OF.
Словарь английских идиом
THUMB — 1. сущ. большой палец (руки); палец (рукавицы) Tom Thumb ≈ мальчик с пальчик 2. гл. 1) листать, смотреть (журнал, книгу; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THROUGH — 1. предл. 1) указывает на пространственные отношения через, сквозь, по The burglar came through the window. ≈ Грабитель проник в …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THUMB — thumb.ogg 1. θʌm n 1. 1> большой палец (руки) with his thumb and finger - большим и указательным пальцем 2> …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
THROUGH — through.ogg 1. θru:\ a 1. прямой, беспересадочный, транзитный, сквозной; прямого сообщения through connections - прямое сообщение through train - прямой …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
THROUGH — 1) беспрепятственный 2) вследствие 3) из-за 4) сквозное отверстие 5) сквозной 6) сквозь 7) совершенно 8) транзитный 9) трансмиссионный 10) через • an opening cut through ice — геогр. майна blow through …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь

Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык

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