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passing
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noun
(= pass, passing play)
(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
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adjective
(= ephemeral, transient, transitory, fugacious)
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
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noun
euphemistic expressions for death
thousands mourned his passing
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noun
the motion of one object relative to another
stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets
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noun
the end of something
the passing of winter
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noun
(= pass)
success in satisfying a test or requirement
his future depended on his passing that test
he got a pass in introductory chemistry
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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
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adjective
(= pass)
of advancing the ball by throwing it
a team with a good passing attack
a pass play
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adjective
allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily
a passing grade
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noun
(= passage)
a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
the passage of air from the lungs
the passing of flatus
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adjective
(= casual, cursory, perfunctory)
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
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adverb
(= extremely)
to an extreme degree
extremely cold
extremely unpleasant
ship
Noun
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A ship is a large boat.
We sailed by ship from England to Italy.
ship
Verb
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To move or transport.
They will ship the package by mail.
wave
Noun
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A wave is the motion of water up and down.
wave
Verb
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To move from side to side again and again.
The flag waved in the wind.