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Definition of Pass across
1. Verb. Make a passage or journey from one place to another. "Some travelers pass through the desert"
Related verbs: Transit
Specialized synonyms: Cut
Generic synonyms: Go Across, Go Through, Pass
Derivative terms: Transit, Transition
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pass Across
| pasquils pasquin pasquinade pasquinaded pasquinades pasquinading |
Literary usage of Pass across
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Physic Delivered at King's by Thomas Watson, David Francis Condie (1855)
"Habits and properties of the malaria ; most noxious at night ; lies near the
ground ; is carried along by winds ; cannot pass across water ; attaches itself ..."
2. Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Adjacent Regions: A Journal of by Edward Robinson, Eli Smith (1856)
"Flocks of sheep and goats might pass across ; but for neat cattle this would be
impossible, without a like supply of water. ..."
3. Biblical Researches in Palestine, 1838-52: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838 by Edward Robinson, Eli Smith (1856)
"Flocks of sheep and goats might pass across ; but for neat cattle this would be
impossible, without a like supply of ..."
4. Jelly-fish, star-fish and sea-urchins: Being a Research on Primitive Nervous by George John Romanes (1898)
"When this is the case, if the stimulation is still continued, a greater and
greater proportion of waves fail to pass across the isthmus, until perhaps only ..."
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