passing

Definitions of passing in various dictionaries:

noun - (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

noun - euphemistic expressions for death

noun - the motion of one object relative to another

noun - the end of something

noun - a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another

noun - going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it

noun - success in satisfying a test or requirement

verb - go across or through

verb - move past

verb - make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation

verb - pass by

verb - place into the hands or custody of

verb - stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope

verb - travel past

verb - come to pass

verb - go unchallenged

verb - pass time in a specific way

verb - pass over, across, or through

verb - transmit information

verb - disappear gradually

verb - go successfully through a test or a selection process

verb - be superior or better than some standard

verb - accept or judge as acceptable

verb - allow to go without comment or censure

verb - transfer to another

verb - pass into a specified state or condition

verb - throw (a ball) to another player

verb - be inherited by

verb - cause to pass

verb - grant authorization or clearance for

verb - pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

verb - eliminate from the body

adj - lasting a very short time

adj - of advancing the ball by throwing it

adj - allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily

adj - hasty and without attention to detail

adv - to an extreme degree

Moving by; going past: A small child waved to the passing cars.

Of brief duration; transitory: a passing fancy.

Cursory or superficial; casual: a passing glance.

Allowing one to pass a test, a course of study, an inspection, or an examination; satisfactory: a passing grade.

Very; surpassingly: “I will mention only one particular aspect of the current mess because... this one is surely something new and passing strange” (Walker Percy).

The act of one that passes or the fact of having passed: the passing of another summer.

A place where or a means by which one can pass.

Death.

noun - the end of life