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2,503 words match “PASS”

PASS v. 41 definitions
with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the kind or manner of motion; as, to pass on, by, out, in, etc.; to pass swiftly, directly, smoothly, etc.; to pass to the rear, under the yoke, over the bridge, across the field, beyond the border, etc. "But now pass over [i.e., pass on]." Chaucer. On high behests h…
PASS-KEY n.
A key for opening more locks than one; a master key.
PASS-PAROLE n.
An order passed from front to rear by word of mouth.
PASSABLE a. 3 definitions
Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable; the stream is passablein boats. His body's a passable carcass if it be not hurt; it is a throughfare for steel. Shak.
PASSABLENESS n.
The quality of being passable.
PASSABLY adv.
Tolerably; moderately.
PASSACAGLIA; PASSACAGLIO n.
An old Italian or Spanish dance tune, in slow three-four measure, with divisions on a ground bass, resembling a chaconne.
PASSADE; PASSADO n. 2 definitions
A pass or thrust. Shak.
PASSAGE n. 12 definitions
The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the body. What! are my doors opposed against my…
PASSAGER n.
A passenger; a bird or boat of passage. [Obs.] Ld. Berners.
PASSAGEWAY n.
A way for passage; a hall. See Passage, 5.
PASSANT a. 4 definitions
Passing from one to another; in circulation; current. [Obs.] Many opinions are passant. Sir T. Browne.
PASSE PARTOUT n. 3 definitions
That by which one can pass anywhere; a safe-conduct. [Obs.] Dryden.
PASSE; PASSEE a.
Past; gone by; hence, past one's prime; worn; faded; as, a passée belle. Ld. Lytton.
PASSEGARDE n.
A ridge or projecting edge on a shoulder piece to turn the blow of a lance or other weapon from the joint of the armor.
PASSEMENT n.
Lace, gimp, braid etc., sewed on a garment. Sir W. Scott.
PASSEMENTERIE n.
Beaded embroidery for women's dresses.
PASSENGER n. 2 definitions
A passer or passer-by; a wayfarer. Shak.
PASSENGER MILE n.
A unit of measurement of the passenger transportation performed by a railroad during a given period, usually a year, the total of which consists of the sum of the miles traversed by all the passengers on the road in the period in question.
PASSENGER MILEAGE n.
Passenger miles collectively; the total number of miles traveled by passengers on a railroad during a given period.
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