transitive. To look over or through; to examine the various parts of, inspect; to scrutinize (text) in order to criticize or correct it. Now rare.

transitive. To examine (a building or other confined or restricted area) carefully or thoroughly in order to find someone or something lost or…

To search or look through; to examine.

transitive. To look (a thing) over or through; to examine, scrutinize, inspect; to peruse, read through.

transitive. To cast one's eyes over; to scrutinize, inspect, examine; to read, peruse (written matter).

intransitive. To look through; to read, peruse, examine, esp. rapidly; to scan. Cf. to run through 2 at phrasal verbs 1.

transitive. To search all over or through; to examine thoroughly.

transitive. Originally: to look through or over; to examine, inspect, or peruse. Now chiefly figurative: to review, summarize, take an overview of.

transitive. To turn over as in examination or search; hence figurative to examine cursorily. Now rare.

figurative. To ‘run’ over or through successively a number of particulars, writings, etc. Obsolete.

transitive. To search thoroughly.