PASS THROUGH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pass through mean? 

• PASS THROUGH (verb)
  The verb PASS THROUGH has 3 senses:

1. make a passage or journey from one place to another

2. cause to move through

3. pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict

  Familiarity information: PASS THROUGH used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PASS THROUGH (verb)

Sense 1

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 example:

Some travelers pass through the desert

Hypernyms (to "pass through" is one way to...):

pass (go across or through)

Verb group:

transit (cause or enable to pass through)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass through"):

cut (pass through or across)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to move through

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

Pass a chemical through a solution

Hypernyms (to "pass through" is one way to...):

make pass; pass (cause to pass)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass through"):

reeve (fasten by passing through a hole or around something)

reeve (pass through a hole or opening)

reeve (pass a rope through)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

infiltrate; pass through

Hypernyms (to "pass through" is one way to...):

pass (go across or through)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

Iothalamate meglumine blocks x-rays as they pass through the body, thereby allowing body structures not containing iodine to be visualized.

(Iothalamate Meglumine, NCI Thesaurus)

Iopamidol blocks x-rays as they pass through the body, thereby allowing body structures not containing iodine to be visualized.

(Iopamidol, NCI Thesaurus)

In cancer, this is how cancer cells pass through a vessel wall and enter the blood or lymph systems.

(Intravasation, NCI Dictionary)

Iothalamate sodium blocks x-rays as they pass through the body, thereby allowing body structures not containing iodine to be visualized.

(Iothalamate Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

If myelin wastes away - normally due to disease - messages can't pass through as quickly.

(Too Much Screen Time Changes Structure of Toddlers' Brains, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

On our way we had to pass through Hudson Street, which is a very quiet thoroughfare.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Ioxaglate sodium blocks x-rays as they pass through the body, thereby allowing body structures not containing iodine to be visualized.

(Ioxaglate Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

A device designed to allow a connection to pass through a structural component of a device.

(Feedthru Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

The substance is subject to first pass through the liver.

(Intraperitoneal Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

Fine inhalable particles are 30 times smaller than the width of a human hair, can pass through the lungs’ defenses, and are absorbed directly into the bloodstream.

(Kids living near major roads at higher risk of developmental delays, National Institutes of Health)