Definition of passing

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Passing (a.) Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond, through, or away; departing..

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Pass :: Pass (v. i.) An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier; a passageway; a defile; a ford; as, a mountain pass..
Passingly :: Passingly (adv.) Exceedingly.
Transmeation :: Transmeation (n.) The act of transmeating; a passing through or beyond.
Register :: Register (n.) A machine for registering automatically the number of persons passing through a gateway, fares taken, etc.; a telltale..
Lace :: Lace (n.) That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt, etc..
Permeant :: Permeant (a.) Passing through; permeating.
Spica :: Spica (n.) A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; -- so called from its resemblance to a spike of a barley..
Padlock :: Padlock (n.) A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, -- used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, etc..
Singe :: Singe (v. t.) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a flame.
Skip :: Skip (n.) The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
Staircase :: Stair (n.) A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but originally used in the singular only..
Hereditary :: Hereditary (a.) Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown..
Desultory :: Desultory (a.) Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless; as, desultory minds..
Propine :: Propine (v. t.) To pledge; to offer as a toast or a health in the manner of drinking, that is, by drinking first and passing the cup..
Windtight :: Windtight (a.) So tight as to prevent the passing through of wind.
Transition :: Transition (n.) A passing from one subject to another.
Pertransient :: Pertransient (a.) Passing through or over.
Obstruct :: Obstruct (v. t.) To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing; as, to obstruct a street; to obstruct the channels of the body..
Communication :: Communication (n.) Means of communicating; means of passing from place to place; a connecting passage; connection.
Surpass :: Surpassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surpas.
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