English verb: pass over | |||
1. | pass over (cognition) bypass | ||
Samples | He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible. | ||
Synonyms | jump, skip, skip over | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit | ||
2. | pass over (motion) make a passage or journey from one place to another | ||
Samples | The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs;. Some travelers pass through the desert. | ||
Synonyms | move through, pass across, pass through, transit | ||
Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | go across, go through, pass | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cut | ||
Verb group | transit | ||
3. | pass over (motion) travel across or pass over | ||
Samples | The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day. | ||
Synonyms | cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, track, traverse | ||
Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | go across, go through, pass | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bridge, course, crisscross, drive, ford, hop, jaywalk, stride, take, tramp, walk | ||
4. | pass over (motion) fly over | ||
Samples | The plane passed over Damascus. | ||
Synonyms | overfly | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
Domain category | air, air travel, aviation | ||
5. | pass over (contact) rub with a circular motion | ||
Samples | Wipe the blackboard. He passed his hands over the soft cloth. | ||
Synonyms | wipe | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | rub | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | broom, sponge, squeegee, sweep, towel, whisk, whisk off | ||