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"a passing fancy"adjectivelasting a very short time
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"a passing glance"adjectivehasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
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"the passing of flatus"nouna bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
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"his future depended on his passing that test"nounsuccess in satisfying a test or requirement
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"she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me"noungoing by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
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"a team with a good passing attack"adjectiveof advancing the ball by throwing it
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"she was a surpassingly beautiful woman" "I will mention only one particular aspect of the current mess because ... this one is surely something new and passing strange"adverbto an extraordinary degree
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"thousands mourned his passing"nouneuphemistic expressions for death
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"stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"nounthe motion of one object relative to another
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"the coach sent in a passing play on third and long"noun(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
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"a passing grade"adjectiveallowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily
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"the passing of winter"nounthe end of something
Definition that contains passing
- flight passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
- breathing passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination
- circulating passing from one to another
- degeneration passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
- allusion passing reference or indirect mention
- retrogression passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
- sublimated passing or having passed from the solid to the gaseous state (or vice versa) without becoming liquid
- limpidity passing light without diffusion or distortion
- eupnoeic passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination
- pellucidness passing light without diffusion or distortion