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Verb: see through  see-throo
  1. Support financially through a period of time
     
  2. Perceive the true nature of
    "We could see through her apparent calm"
     
  3. Remain with until completion
Adjective: see-through  'see,throo
  1. So thin as to transmit light
    "a hat with a see-through veil";
    - diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous [Brit, non-standard], cobwebby, vapoury [Brit, Cdn], vapory [US]

Derived forms: sees through, seeing through, seen through, saw through

See also: thin

Type of: complete, comprehend, finish, perceive, support

Encyclopedia: See-through