Thoroughfare

Noun

 * 1)  A passage; a way through.
 * 2) * 1961, Frederic Morton, The Rothschilds, p. 173:
 * “I ask you,” cried Lloyd George in 1909. “Are we to have all the ways of reform, financial and social, blocked simply by a notice board: ‘No thoroughfare. By order of Nathanial Rothschild’?”
 * 1) * 1974,, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy:
 * In the scullery Smiley had once more checked his thoroughfare, shoved some deck-chairs aside, and pinned a string to the mangle to guide him because he saw badly in the dark.
 * 1) A road open at both ends or connecting one area with another; a highway or main street.
 * 2) * 1841,, Barnaby Rudge:
 * a dozen houses were quickly blazing, including those of Sir John Fielding and two other justices, and four in Holborn – one of the greatest thoroughfares in London – which were all burning at the same time, and burned until they went out of themselves, for the people cut the engine hose, and would not suffer the firemen to play upon the flames.
 * 1) * 2011, Stephen Phelan, The Guardian, 1 Jul 2011:
 * Local art is now a viable industry, and hundreds of islanders make a living in it. The thoroughfare of Oneroa village is lined with shops and galleries full of their work.
 * 1)  The act of going through; passage; travel, transit.
 * 2) * 1667,, Paradise Lost, Book X:
 * and made one realm, / Hell and this world, one realm, one continent / Of easy thorough-fare.
 * 1) An unobstructed waterway allowing passage for ships.

Adjectives for Thoroughfare
dusty; celebrated; bewildering; glistening; busy; trodden; ambitious; murmurous; tumultuous.

Verbs for Thoroughfare
amble down—; blockade—; clog—; clutter —; cut—; direct to—; enter—; evade—; extend—; file along—; forsake—; frequent —; intersect—; jam—; line—; litter—; obstruct—; pave—; proceed down—; promenade—; strike—; traverse—; —deviates; —swerves; —winds in and out.

Thesaurus
Autobahn, US highway, alley, alleyway, arterial, arterial highway, arterial street, artery, autoroute, autostrada, avenue, belt highway, blind alley, boulevard, bypass, byway, camino real, carriageway, causeway, causey, chaussee, circumferential, close, corduroy road, county road, court, crescent, cul-de-sac, dead-end street, dike, dirt road, drag, drive, driveway, expressway, freeway, gravel road, highroad, highway, highways and byways, interstate highway, lane, local road, main drag, main road, mews, motorway, parkway, path, pave, paved road, pike, place, plank road, primary highway, private road, right-of-way, ring road, road, roadbed, roadway, route nationale, row, royal road, secondary road, speedway, state highway, street, superhighway, terrace, through street, thruway, toll road, township road, track, turnpike, way, wynd

Etymology
thurghfare:, corresponding to. Compare Old English þurhfaran:. Compare also þurhfær:,  Durchfahrt:.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Finnish: läpikulkutie, kulkureitti
 * Chinese:
 * Finnish: läpikulkutie, kulkureitti
 * Finnish: läpikulkutie, kulkureitti
 * Finnish: läpikulkutie, kulkureitti
 * Finnish: läpikulkutie, kulkureitti


 * Russian: проход, проезд
 * Russian: проход, проезд
 * Russian: проход, проезд
 * Russian: проход, проезд
 * Russian: проход, проезд
 * Russian: проход, проезд


 * Chinese:
 * Dutch: doorgangsweg, doorgaande weg
 * Finnish: päätie, pääkatu
 * Dutch: doorgangsweg, doorgaande weg
 * Finnish: päätie, pääkatu
 * Dutch: doorgangsweg, doorgaande weg
 * Finnish: päätie, pääkatu


 * Russian: главная дорога, оживлённая дорога, оживлённая улица, автострада,, автомагистраль
 * Spanish: vía pública, vía de comunicación
 * Russian: главная дорога, оживлённая дорога, оживлённая улица, автострада,, автомагистраль
 * Spanish: vía pública, vía de comunicación
 * Russian: главная дорога, оживлённая дорога, оживлённая улица, автострада,, автомагистраль
 * Spanish: vía pública, vía de comunicación
 * Spanish: vía pública, vía de comunicación


 * Chinese:
 * Finnish: vesitie
 * Chinese:
 * Finnish: vesitie
 * Finnish: vesitie
 * Finnish: vesitie
 * Finnish: vesitie


 * Russian: водный путь, канал, водная магистраль
 * Russian: водный путь, канал, водная магистраль
 * Russian: водный путь, канал, водная магистраль
 * Russian: водный путь, канал, водная магистраль
 * Russian: водный путь, канал, водная магистраль
 * Russian: водный путь, канал, водная магистраль