6. (n.)passing the act of a person or thing that passes or causes to pass.
Definition of 'passing'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)pass, passing play, passing game, 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"
2. (noun)passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release euphemistic expressions for death "thousands mourned his passing"
3. (noun)passing, passage the motion of one objectrelative to another "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"
4. (noun)passing the end of something "the passing of winter"
5. (noun)passage, passing a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus"
6. (noun)passing, overtaking 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"
7. (adj)passing, pass, qualifying success in satisfying a test or requirement "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"
8. (adj)ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious lasting a very shorttime "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"
9. (adj)passing(a), pass(a) of advancing the ball by throwing it "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play"
10. (adj)passing(a) allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily "a passing grade"
11. (adverb)casual, cursory, passing(a), 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"
12. (adverb)extremely, exceedingly, super, passing to an extremedegree "extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant"
Definition of 'passing'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)passing relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond, through, or away; departing