Overview of verb see_through

The verb see through has 3 senses

• see through -- (support financially through a period of time; "The scholarship saw me through college"; "This money will see me through next month")


• see through -- (perceive the true nature of; "We could see through her apparent calm")


• see through -- (remain with until completion; "I must see the job through")

Overview of adj see_through

The adj see-through has 1 sense

• diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby -- (so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks")