"look through" meaning in English

See look through in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: En-au-look through.ogg Forms: looks through [present, singular, third-person], looking through [participle, present], looked through [participle, past], looked through [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} look through (third-person singular simple present looks through, present participle looking through, simple past and past participle looked through)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, through. Related terms: go through, read through, through
    Sense id: en-look_through-en-verb-KIawVNkH
  2. To take a view of the contents of; search in, either with the eyes or by hand.
    Sense id: en-look_through-en-verb-cuDoCSuk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "through", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 59 13 12 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "through": 18 46 22 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 50 20 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 57 17 13
  3. (transitive, archaic) To penetrate with the understanding; to see through. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-look_through-en-verb-bVY6670a
  4. (idiomatic, often with "right") To appear or pretend not to see something or someone who is clearly visible. Tags: idiomatic, often
    Sense id: en-look_through-en-verb-UZKhg9ZK

Inflected forms

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          "text": "But a man should have serious consideration enough to look through this deception.",
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          "text": "The village women were bad enough, but this man looked through me, past all the walls I had built to protect myself from pain. I do not think I could have hidden anything from him, even with a lifetime's practice of hiding what I felt.",
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        "To penetrate with the understanding; to see through."
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