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Passing

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Definitions for Passing

noun
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
Synonyms
pass passing play passing game
Examples
  1. the coach sent in a passing play on third and long
noun
euphemistic expressions for death
Synonyms
loss departure exit expiration going release
Examples
  1. thousands mourned his passing
noun
the motion of one object relative to another
Synonyms
passage
Examples
  1. stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets
noun
the end of something
Examples
  1. the passing of winter
noun
a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
Synonyms
passage
Examples
  1. the passage of air from the lungs
  2. the passing of flatus
noun
going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
Synonyms
overtaking
Examples
  1. she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me
noun
success in satisfying a test or requirement
Synonyms
pass qualifying
Examples
  1. his future depended on his passing that test
  2. he got a pass in introductory chemistry
adjective
lasting a very short time
Synonyms
ephemeral short-lived transient transitory fugacious
Examples
  1. the ephemeral joys of childhood
  2. a passing fancy
  3. youth's transient beauty
  4. love is transitory but it is eternal
  5. fugacious blossoms
adjective
of advancing the ball by throwing it
Synonyms
passing(a) pass(a)
Examples
  1. a team with a good passing attack
  2. a pass play
adjective
allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily
Synonyms
passing(a)
Examples
  1. a passing grade
adjective
hasty and without attention to detail
Synonyms
casual cursory passing(a) perfunctory superficial
Examples
  1. not thorough
  2. a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws
  3. a passing glance
  4. perfunctory courtesy
  5. In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory
adverb
to an extraordinary degree
Synonyms
surpassingly
Examples
  1. she was a surpassingly beautiful woman
  2. I will mention only one particular aspect of the current mess because ... this one is surely something new and passing strange"--Walker Percy
verb
go across or through
Synonyms
pass
Examples
  1. We passed the point where the police car had parked
  2. A terrible thought went through his mind
verb
move past
Synonyms
travel by pass by surpass go past go by pass
Examples
  1. A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window
  2. He passed his professor in the hall
  3. One line of soldiers surpassed the other
verb
make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
Synonyms
legislate pass
Examples
  1. They passed the amendment
  2. We cannot legislate how people spend their free time
verb
pass by
Synonyms
elapse lapse pass slip by glide by slip away go by slide by go along
Examples
  1. three years elapsed
verb
place into the hands or custody of
Synonyms
pass hand reach pass on turn over give
Examples
  1. hand me the spoon, please
  2. Turn the files over to me, please
  3. He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers
verb
stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope
Synonyms
run go pass lead extend
Examples
  1. run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
  2. Service runs all the way to Cranbury
  3. His knowledge doesn't go very far
  4. My memory extends back to my fourth year of life
  5. The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets
verb
travel past
Synonyms
pass overtake overhaul
Examples
  1. The sports car passed all the trucks
verb
come to pass
Synonyms
happen hap go on pass off occur pass fall out come about take place
Examples
  1. What is happening?
  2. The meeting took place off without an incidence
  3. Nothing occurred that seemed important
verb
go unchallenged
Synonyms
pass clear
Examples
  1. be approved
  2. The bill cleared the House
verb
use up a period of time in a specific way
Synonyms
spend pass
Examples
  1. how are you spending your summer vacation?
verb
pass over, across, or through
Synonyms
guide run draw pass
Examples
  1. He ran his eyes over her body
  2. She ran her fingers along the carved figurine
  3. He drew her hair through his fingers
verb
transmit information
Synonyms
communicate pass on pass pass along put across
Examples
  1. Please communicate this message to all employees
  2. pass along the good news
verb
disappear gradually
Synonyms
evanesce fade blow over pass off fleet pass
Examples
  1. The pain eventually passed off
verb
go successfully through a test or a selection process
Synonyms
pass make it
Examples
  1. She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now
verb
be superior or better than some standard
Synonyms
exceed transcend overstep pass go past top
Examples
  1. She exceeded our expectations
  2. She topped her performance of last year
verb
accept or judge as acceptable
Synonyms
pass
Examples
  1. The teacher passed the student although he was weak
verb
allow to go without comment or censure
Synonyms
pass
Examples
  1. the insult passed as if unnoticed
verb
transfer to another
Synonyms
pass
Examples
  1. of rights or property
  2. Our house passed under his official control
verb
pass into a specified state or condition
Synonyms
sink pass lapse
Examples
  1. He sank into nirvana
verb
throw (a ball) to another player
Synonyms
pass
Examples
  1. Smith passed
verb
be inherited by
Synonyms
fall return pass devolve
Examples
  1. The estate fell to my sister
  2. The land returned to the family
  3. The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead
verb
cause to pass
Synonyms
pass make pass
Examples
  1. She passed around the plates
verb
grant authorization or clearance for
Synonyms
authorize authorise pass clear
Examples
  1. Clear the manuscript for publication
  2. The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography
verb
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Synonyms
die decease perish go exit pass away expire pass kick the bucket cash in one's chips buy the farm conk give-up the ghost drop dead pop off choke croak snuff it
Examples
  1. She died from cancer
  2. The children perished in the fire
  3. The patient went peacefully
  4. The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
verb
eliminate from the body
Synonyms
excrete egest eliminate pass
Examples
  1. Pass a kidney stone

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