present participle and gerund of pass
That passes away; ephemeral.
And solace sought he none from priest nor leech, / And soon the same in movement and in speech / As heretofore he fill'd the passing hours […]
Pre-eminent, excellent, extreme.
her passing deformity
Vague, cursory.
Surpassingly, greatly.
[...] for she was called a fair lady, and a passing wise, and her name was called Igraine.
Death, dying; the end of something.
The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another.
And since he did not see Louie by the folding door, Louie knew that in his former passings and repassings he could not have seen her either.
From pass + -ing.
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to make a passing comment
The act of approving a bill etc.
But capital was proving difficult to raise; rumours were in the air that the G.W.R. and L.S.W.R. were about to patch up their quarrel, and the people of Southampton, who twelve months earlier had staged a torch-light procession to celebrate the passing of the D.N.S.R. Act, were increasingly loath to part with their cash.