Definizione monolingua

peruse

peruse (third-person singular simple present peruses, present participle perusing, simple past and past participle perused)

1. (transitive) To examine or consider with care.
   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter IV:

     Sitting on a low stool, a few yards from her arm-chair, I examined her figure; I perused her features.

2. (transitive) To read completely.
   • 1887, H. Rider Haggard, She, Introduction:

     We are for reasons that, after perusing this manuscript, you may be able to guess, going away again this time to Central Asia […]

3. (transitive, informal) To look over casually; to skim.
   • 2001, Doug Stanton, In Harms Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis^[1], ISBN 0805066322, page 35:

     Haynes quickly perused the message, then took it to the captain on the bridge.

   • 2005, Al Lovejoy, Acid Alex^[2], ISBN 1770070931, page 98:

     She asked Denise for the court file, which she fussed from her handbag. The woman perused it briefly and then beamed up at me.

4. (intransitive, regional) To go from place to place; to wander.
   • 1957, Robert Ruark, The Old Man And The Boy^[3], ISBN 0805002391, page 55:

     I loved to straggle off in the mornings […] , just perusing around for firewood.

peruse (plural peruses)

1. An examination or perusal; an instance of perusing.
   • 2008, Dave Robson, ""Hi-tea, low cost!"", Evening Gazette online, September 12,

     A peruse of the website looked promising […]

Definizione dizionario peruse

esaminare

leggere attentamente

sfogliare

Altri significati:

to examine or consider with care

(transitive) To examine or consider with care.

An examination or perusal; an instance of perusing.

look over casually

(transitive) To read completely.

to read completely

perusal

(transitive, informal) To look over casually; to skim.

(intransitive, regional) To go from place to place; to wander.