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1. (Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
   - Pesach, Pesah, Feast of the Unleavened Bread

1. Bypass
   "He passed over a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible";
   - jump, skip, skip over
    
2. Make a passage or journey from one place to another
   "Some travellers pass over the desert";
   - transit, pass through, move through, pass across
    
3. Travel across or pass over
   "The caravan passed over almost 100 miles each day";
   - traverse, track, cover, cross, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
    
4. (air travel) fly over
   "The plane passed over Damascus";
   - overfly
    
5. Rub with a circular motion
   "pass over the blackboard";
   - wipe

Derived forms: Passovers, passes over, passing over, passed over

See also: pass

Type of: drop, go, go across, go through, leave out, locomote, miss, movable feast, move, moveable feast, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pass, pretermit, rub, travel

Encyclopedia: Passover