Definition von a-passage im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- Northwest Passage
- Sea route through the Arctic Ocean, connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean
- back passage
- The passage between two terraced houses leading between and the front and back gardens or yards
- back passage
- anus
- first-passage time
- The time taken for a random walker to reach a specified target
- middle passage
- A middle way, especially between two extremes; an intermediate path in space or time
- middle passage
- Specifically, the middle part of the sea voyage by which slaves were transported from Africa to America
The city once laid claim to the largest fleet of slave ships in the history of the trade as its merchants overtook Bristol and London in dominating the Middle Passage.
- passage
- A movement in classical dressage, in which the horse performs a very collected, energetic, and elevated trot that has a longer period of suspension between each foot fall than a working trot
- passage
- To pass a pathogen through a hosts or media
After 24 hours, the culture was passaged to an agar plate.
- passage
- The vagina
At the same moment, Aidan plunged two fingers deep into her passage and broke through her fragile barrier.
- passage
- A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning
She struggled to play the difficult passages.
- passage
- Part of a path or journey
He made his passage through the trees carefully, mindful of the stickers.
- passage
- An underground cavity, formed by water or falling rocks, which is much longer than it is wide
- passage
- To make a passage, especially by sea; to cross
They passaged to America in 1902.
- passage
- A passageway or corridor
- passage
- The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament
The company was one of the prime movers in lobbying for the passage of the act.
- passage
- To execute a passage movement
- passage
- An artistic term describing use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works
- rite of passage
- a ceremony or series of ceremonies, often very ritualized, to celebrate a transition in a person’s life. Baptisms, bar mitzvahs, weddings and funerals are among the best known examples
Examples: After John officially attained his majority, Robert bought him his first legal beer. This is a common American rite of passage.
- rites of passage
- plural form of rite of passage
- zenial passage
- The passing of the sun directly overhead such that no shadows are cast by a pole sticking straight up from the ground. These conditions only occur in locations between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
- a passage
- {n} pore
- passage
- {n} a journey by water, road, act of passing, course, incident, a clause or sentence
- rite of passage
- A rite of passage is a ritual that marks a change in a person's social or sexual status. Rites of passage are often ceremonies surrounding events such as childbirth, menarche or other milestones within puberty, coming of age, weddings, menopause, and death
- A Passage to India
- a book by E. M. Forster about the relationships in India between British people and Indians during the early 1900s, when Britain controlled India's government (1924)
- Drake Passage
- A strait between Cape Horn and the South Shetland Islands. It connects the southern Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Strait, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans between Tierra del Fuego and the South Shetland Islands. Located about 100 mi (160 km) north of the Antarctic Peninsula, it is 600 mi (1,000 km) wide. In this area the climate changes from cool, humid, and subpolar to the frozen conditions of Antarctica. An important trade route in the 19th and early 20th centuries, its stormy seas and icy conditions made the rounding of Cape Horn a difficult journey
- Inside Passage
- or Inland Passage Natural sheltered sea route along the U.S.-Canadian coast from Seattle, Wash. , to Skagway, Alaska. Extending northwest for more than 1,000 mi (1,600 km), it comprises channels and straits between the mainland and islands (including Vancouver Island) that protect it from Pacific storms. It is the favoured route for coastal shipping to Alaska. Ports in British Columbia include Victoria, Vancouver, and Prince Rupert; those in Alaska include Ketchikan, Wrangell, and Juneau
- Northwest Passage
- A water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific through the Arctic Archipelago of northern Canada and along the northern coast of Alaska. Sought by navigators since the 16th century, the existence of such a route was proved in the early 19th century, but the passage was not traversed until the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen led an expedition across it in 1903 to 1906. The ice-breaking tanker Manhattan was the first commercial ship to cross the passage (1969), after the discovery of oil in northern Alaska. a way by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, going along the northern coast of North America. It was first sailed through by Roald Amundsen in 1903-06 Northeast Passage, the. Sea passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the northern coast of North America. The search for a commercial sea route around the American land barrier dates from the end of the 15th century and attracted explorers such as Jacques Cartier, Francis Drake, Martin Frobisher, and Capt. James Cook. The passage was finally navigated successfully in 1906 by Roald Amundsen. As a modern trade route, it has been only marginally useful, because of the difficulties in navigating around the polar ice cap and the giant icebergs in the Atlantic between Greenland and Baffin Island and in the Pacific in the Bering Strait. The U.S. and Canadian governments have tried to encourage international commerce in the passage, and it would significantly shorten many international shipping distances, though the cost of strengthening ships against ice and the probable high insurance rates for vessels used in Arctic service could continue to inhibit use of the Northwest Passage as a trade route
- Passage to India
- novel written in 1924 by E. M. Forster (also made into a movie)
- Windward Passage
- A channel between eastern Cuba and northwest Haiti connecting the Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea
- air passage
- a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)
- back passage
- People sometimes refer to their rectum as their back passage
- bird of passage
- nomadic bird, wandering bird; temporary tenant, temporary resident
- bird of passage
- wanderer: someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
- bird of passage
- If you refer to someone as a bird of passage, you mean that they are staying in a place for a short time before going to another place. Most of these emigrants were birds of passage who returned to Spain after a relatively short stay
- bird of passage
- any bird that migrates seasonally
- birds of passage
- birds which migrate, birds which travel with the seasons
- book one's passage
- reserve a place on a ship, pay one's boat fare
- force a passage through the crowd
- push one's way through a crowd of people
- have a rough passage
- pass a long and difficult journey by ship
- musical passage
- {i} short segment of a musical composition
- no passage this way
- dead end, not a through route
- northwest passage
- a water route between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans along the northern coast of North America; Europeans since the 16th century had searched for a short route to the Far East before it was successfully traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903-1906)
- passage
- a way through or along which someone or something may pass
- passage
- Approval of a bill by the vote of the full house
- passage
- (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp
- passage
- a journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days"
- passage
- A passage through a crowd of people or things is an empty space that allows you to move through them. He cleared a passage for himself through the crammed streets = way
- passage
- A section of a musical composition
- passage
- Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's passage
- passage
- An official agreement of a bill or act by a parliament
- passage
- the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed
- passage
- The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the body
- passage
- A passage is a journey by ship. We'd arrived the day before after a 10-hour passage from Swansea. = crossing
- passage
- {i} way, route, course; segment, section, piece; paragraph, excerpt, extract; journey; transit; (Music) short segment of a musical composition; handing over from one person to another; (Anatomy) tube in the body; physical body process of passing from one location or phase to another; freedom or right to pass; lapse of time; one of two motions in dressage (one is a slow intentional trot and the second is a sideways walk)
- passage
- The passage of someone or something is their progress from one situation or one stage in their development to another. the passage from school to college. = transition
- passage
- the act of passing from one state or place to the next
- passage
- A voyage from A to B, interrupted by unexpected landfalls or stopovers at point K, point Q and point Z
- passage
- a short section of a musical composition
- passage
- a vagina
- passage
- or PASSAGER - A wild caught hawk on migration in immature plumage
- passage
- in a cave, the corridor created by water and rock falls
- passage
- a way through or along which someone or something may pass a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass; "the nasal passages"
- passage
- Shortened form of passageway
- passage
- A passage is a long narrow hole or tube in your body, which air or liquid can pass along. blocked nasal passages
- passage
- Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a building; a hall; a corridor
- passage
- A passage in a book, speech, or piece of music is a section of it that you are considering separately from the rest. He reads a passage from Milton. the passage in which Blake spoke of the world of imagination = excerpt, extract
- passage
- a portion of a book, speech, or musical composition; a paragraph; a clause
- passage
- the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"
- passage
- Sailing from one port or place to another
- passage
- the act of passing something to another person
- passage
- through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses
- passage
- Approval of a measure by the full body
- passage
- Act of passing, transition, lapse course, means of passing to and fro, a corridor, a channel
- passage
- Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit
- passage
- Passage knobs or levers are for doors that do not need locked, such as a closet or doors between rooms and family rooms or living rooms
- passage
- If you are granted passage through a country or area of land, you are given permission to go through it. Mr Thomas would be given safe passage to and from Jaffna. Drake Passage Inside Passage Inland Passage Northeast Passage Northwest Passage passage rite of
- passage
- Dressage movement in which the horse trots in an extremely collected and animated manner
- passage
- the movement of migratory fish up or down a river
- passage
- a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass; "the nasal passages"
- passage
- {f} make a passage; go from one side to the other, cross; cause a horse to make a passage (either the slow methodical trot or sideways walk), perform a passage (in dressage)
- passage
- A journey from one place to another
- passage
- A cavity in a cave that is longer than it is wide or high A passage normally leads to other places in a cave, and is not a dead end Cave - Parts of Ref JJ
- passage
- Favorable action on a measure before the legislature
- passage
- The inoculation of an infection into an animal and then harvesting the infective agent from the animal
- passage
- The passage of a period of time is its passing. An asset that increases in value with the passage of time. = passing
- passage
- The pairs of feet diagonally opposite one another raise and return to the ground in alternation in a slow motion, suspended trot
- passage
- the act of passing something to another person a bodily process of passing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus"
- passage
- the passing of a law by a legislative body
- passage
- The concluding favorable vote on a measure
- passage
- The approval of a bill or resolution by way of an affirmative vote
- passage
- A separate part of a course, process, or series; an occurrence; an incident; an act or deed
- passage
- A passage is a long narrow space with walls or fences on both sides, which connects one place or room with another. Harry stepped into the passage and closed the door behind him. = passageway, corridor
- passage
- Removal from life; decease; departure; death
- passage
- A slow motion, suspended trot in which the pairs of feet diagonally opposite one another are raised and returned to the ground in alternation
- passage
- A particular portion constituting a part of something continuous; esp
- passage
- the act of passing from one state or place to the next a journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days" the act of passing something to another person a bodily process of passing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus" a way through or along which someone or something may pass a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass; "the nasal passages" a section of text; particularly a section of medium length a short section of a musical composition
- passage
- Reception; currency
- passage
- A journey, especially one made by water
- passage
- Very diagonilized, suspended, slow and majestic trot in which the horse throws his mass up and forward with energy and elasticity Flexing of the joints, elevation of the forehand and an instant of suspension are the signs of a classical Passage
- passage
- In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc
- passage
- A movement or an evacuation of the bowels
- passage
- A passage door set allows unresricted entry from either side of your door Most commonly seen in closet doors and door to shared living quarters, such as a family room
- passage
- The passage of someone or something is their movement from one place to another. Germany had not requested Franco's consent for the passage of troops through Spain
- passage
- Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water, carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or means, of passing; conveyance
- passage
- a final, favorable vote on a measure
- passage
- the act of passing from one state or place to the next a journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days"
- passage
- a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
- passage
- A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms
- passage
- A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or continuous series; as, the passage of time
- passage
- a section of text; particularly a section of medium length a short section of a musical composition
- passage
- Adoption of a measure by the Assembly or the Senate
- passage
- a bodily process of passing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus"
- passage
- Favorable action on a measure before either house
- passage grave
- A Neolithic tomb consisting of a passageway and burial chamber made of large upright stones capped with other large stones, originally buried in an earthen mound
- pay one's passage
- pay the price for travel, pay travel expenses
- purple passage
- a passage full of ornate and flowery language
- read a passage from
- read a small part of -, read a portion of -
- rite of passage
- A ritual or ceremony signifying an event in a person's life indicative of a transition from one stage to another, as from adolescence to adulthood. Any of numerous ceremonial events, existing in all societies, that mark the passage of an individual from one social or religious status to another. The term was coined by the French anthropologist Arnold van Gennep (1873-1957) in 1909. Many of the most important rites are connected with the biological stages of life birth, maturity, reproduction, and death. Other rites celebrate changes that are wholly cultural, such as initiation into special societies. In modern societies, graduation from school is a rite of passage. Scholars often interpret rites of passage as mechanisms by which society confronts and incorporates change without disrupting the equilibrium necessary to social order. See also secret society
- rite of passage
- a ritual performed in some cultures at times when a individual changes his status (as from adolescence to adulthood)
- rite of passage
- ceremony or tradition that mark major life changes; induction ceremony
- rites of passage
- ceremonies and traditions that mark major life changes
- safe passage
- If someone is given safe passage, they are allowed to go somewhere safely, without being attacked or arrested. They were unwilling, or unable, to guarantee safe passage from the city to the aircraft. official protection for someone when they are in danger or passing through a dangerous area permit/promise/guarantee etc safe passage (to/for sb)
- windward passage
- a channel between eastern Cuba and western Haiti that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea