Dictionary entry details
• PASS OVER (verb)
Meaning:
Make a passage or journey from one place to another
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
move through; pass across; pass over; pass through; transit
Context examples:
The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs; / Some travelers pass through the desert
Hypernyms (to "pass over" is one way to...):
go across; go through; pass (go across or through)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass over"):
cut (pass through or across)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Bypass
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
skip; skip over; pass over; jump
Context example:
He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible
Hypernyms (to "pass over" is one way to...):
drop; leave out; miss; neglect; omit; overleap; overlook; pretermit (leave undone or leave out)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Travel across or pass over
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
traverse; get over; cut through; cut across; cross; get across; pass over; track; cover
Context example:
The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day
Hypernyms (to "pass over" is one way to...):
go across; go through; pass (go across or through)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass over"):
jaywalk (cross the road at a red light)
drive; take (proceed along in a vehicle)
course (move swiftly through or over)
hop (make a quick trip especially by air)
bridge (cross over on a bridge)
ford (cross a river where it's shallow)
crisscross (cross in a pattern, often random)
walk (traverse or cover by walking)
stride (cover or traverse by taking long steps)
tramp (cross on foot)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Fly over
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
overfly; pass over
Context example:
The plane passed over Damascus
Hypernyms (to "pass over" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Domain category:
air; air travel; aviation (travel via aircraft)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Rub with a circular motion
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
wipe; pass over
Context examples:
wipe the blackboard / He passed his hands over the soft cloth
Hypernyms (to "pass over" is one way to...):
rub (move over something with pressure)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass over"):
sponge (wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten)
squeegee (wipe with a squeegee)
broom; sweep (sweep with a broom or as if with a broom)
towel (wipe with a towel)
whisk; whisk off (brush or wipe off lightly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Also:
pass (guide or pass over something)
