Definitions for passing

((American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long")

(euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing")

(the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets")

(the end of something; "the passing of winter")

(a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus")

(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")

(success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry")

(go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind")

(move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other")

(make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time")

(pass by; "three years elapsed")

(place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers")

(stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets")

(travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks")

(come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important")

(go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House")

(pass time in a specific way; "how are you spending your summer vacation?")

(pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers")

(transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news")

(disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off")

(go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now")

(be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year")

(accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the student although he was weak")

(allow to go without comment or censure; "the insult passed as if unnoticed")

(transfer to another; of rights or property; "Our house passed under his official control")

(pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana")

(throw (a ball) to another player; "Smith passed")

(be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead")

(cause to pass; "She passed around the plates")

(grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography")

(pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102")

(eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone")

(lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms")

(of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play")

(allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade")

(hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy")

(to an extreme degree; "extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant")