Passing
['pɑːsɪŋ] or ['pæsɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) success in satisfying a test or requirement; 'his future depended on his passing that test'; 'he got a pass in introductory chemistry'.
(noun.) going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it; 'she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me'.
(noun.) the end of something; 'the passing of winter'.
(noun.) the motion of one object relative to another; 'stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets'.
(noun.) euphemistic expressions for death; 'thousands mourned his passing'.
(adj.) of advancing the ball by throwing it; 'a team with a good passing attack'; 'a pass play' .
(adj.) allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; 'a passing grade' .
Typed by Denis--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pass
(n.) The act of one who, or that which, passes; the act of going by or away.
(a.) Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond, through, or away; departing.
(a.) Exceeding; surpassing, eminent.
(adv.) Exceedingly; excessively; surpassingly; as, passing fair; passing strange.
Checker: Zachariah
Definition
adj. going by through or away: happening now: surpassing.—adv. exceedingly: very.—ns. Pass′ing-bell a bell tolled immediately after a person's death originally to invite prayers for the soul passing into eternity; Pass′ing-note (mus.) a smaller note marking a tone introduced between two others to effect a smooth passage from the one to the other but forming no essential part of the harmony.
Typed by Josephine
Examples
- Until Edison made his wonderful invention in 1877, the human race was entirely without means for preserving or passing on to posterity its own linguistic utterances or any other vocal sound. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I quickened my pace, and, passing among them, wondering at their looks, went hurriedly in. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She usually followed him; but he heard her passing down the passage to her bedroom. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Strange shipping became more frequent, passing the Japanese headlands; sometimes ships were wrecked and sailors brought ashore. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- However, in passing a wholesale tea-house he saw a man tasting tea, so he went in and asked the 'taster' if he might have some of the tea. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In this a vacuum is maintained by a condenser, the vapors passing from the pan to the condenser through the great curved pipe rising from the top, which pipe is five feet in diameter. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The needle, in passing rapidly in contact with the recorded waves, was vibrated up and down, causing corresponding vibrations of the diaphragm. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There were many people passing in the fog. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Were you passing through the hall, sir? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- You have a dancing face, Brummell quietly observed, fixing his eyes steadily on her countenance for a second or two, and then passing on. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The report from Sheridan embraced his operations up to his passing the outer defences of Richmond. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The alternative was that someone passing had observed the key in the door, had known that I was out, and had entered to look at the papers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He watched me, still; he gently raised his hand to stroke my hair; it touched my lips in passing; I pressed it close, I paid it tribute. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Two men had fallen down and lay on their backs in the middle of the square and were passing a bottle back and forth between them. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I noted, in passing, that she had written a note before leaving home but after being fully dressed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Typist: Louis