Pass Away

Definition: Pass Away

Pass Away

Verb

1. Pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully".

2. Go out of existence; "She hoped that the problem would eventually pass away".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Pass Away

Cessation

Come to a stand, come to a standstill; come to a deadlock, come to a full stop; arrive; go out, die away; wear away, wear off; pass away; (be past); be at an end; disintegrate, self-destruct.

Death

Verb: die, expire, perish; meet one's death, meet one's end; pass away, be taken; yield one's breath, resign one's breath; resign one's being, resign one's life; end one's days, end one's life, end one's earthly career; breathe one's last; cease to live, cease to breathe; depart this life; be no more. Adjective: go off, drop off, pop off; lose one's life, lay down one's life, relinquish one's life, surrender one's life; drop into the grave, sink into the grave; close one's eyes; fall dead, drop dead, fall down dead, drop down dead; break one's neck; give up the ghost, yield up the ghost; be all over with one.

End

Verb: end, close, finish, terminate, conclude, be all over; expire; die; come-, draw- to a -close; Noun: have run its course; run out, pass away. bring to an -end; Noun: put an end to, make an end of; determine; get through; achieve; (complete); stop; (make to cease); shut up shop; hang up one's fiddle.

Inexistence

Verb: not exist; have no existence; be null and void; cease to exist; pass away, perish; be extinct, become extinct; Adjective: die out; disappear; melt away, dissolve, leave not a rack behind; go, be no more; die.

The Past

Verb: be past; Adjective: have expired; Adjective:, have run its course, have had its day; pass; pass by, go by, pass away, go away, pass off, go off; lapse, blow over.

Time

Pass time, pass away time, spend time, while away time, consume time, talk against time; tide over; use time, employ time; seize an opportunity; waste time; (be inactive).

Transientness

Verb: be transient; Adjective: flit, pass away, fly, gallop, vanish, fade, evaporate; pass away like a cloud, pass away like a summer cloud, pass away like a shadow, pass away like a dream.

Crosswords: Pass Away

No, no, no pass away (Duck And Run; performing artist: 3 Doors Down)

But if your hopes should pass away (Hazy Shade Of Winter; performing artist: The Bangles)

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Books

• A Virginia Chronology 1585-1783: To Pass Away the Time (reference)

• When Heroes Pass Away (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "pass away": pass away like a cloud ♦ pass away like a dream ♦ pass away like a shadow ♦ pass away like a summer cloud ♦ pass away the time ♦ To pass away. Additional references.

Afrikaans

sterf (die, expire, march off, retreat, withdraw). (various references)

Albanian

vdes (be dying, burst, croak, decease, depart, die, die away, die down, do in, end, evaporate, expire, give up the ghost, go to glory, go under, go west, necrose, pack up, pass over, perish, pop off, snuff it, turn up one's toes, wither). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مات (check in, check out, croak, decease, depart, die, die off, end, expire, give up the ghost, go west, pass on, peg out, perish, rest in peace, snuff it, snuff out, succumb), ‏زال (disappear, evaporate, recede, taper), ‏إنقضى (elapse, glide, terminate, tick), ‏أنفق (disburse, exhaust, expend, lay out, outlay, put in, spend, spend the time). (various references)

Bulgarian 

умирам (be dying, cash in, conk, cross the styx, depart, die, end, exit, expire, fade away, go under, go west, kick in, kick off, kick up, mortify, pass, pass on, pass out, peg out, pip out, pop off, quit the scene, snuff out, step off, step out, succumb, sup with pluto, wither), минавам (elapse, flow, get by, go, go by, lapse, pass, pass by, pass into, pass round, pass through, range, roll by, roll on, run, wear through), прекарвам (convey, have, lead, pass, pilot, reside, run, spend, spin out, take over, wheel), преминавам (adjourn, get over, get through, go by, melt, merge, overblow, overpass, pass, pass along, pass by, pass on, passage, proceed, run, shade, surmount, traverse), почивам (pass on, repose, rest), изчезвам (abscond, clear out, disappear, dissipate, evanesce, evanish, fall away, go, melt away, mosey, pass, pass off, shrink away, sweep away, tail, vanish, waste, wear out, whirl away, work off). (various references)

Chinese 

逝世 (die). (various references)

Czech

pominout (pass, pass over), zesnout (decease), zemřít (die, expire, perish), vyprchat (vanish). (various references)

Danish

dø (die, expire). (various references)

Dutch

versmachten (abort, die, expire), verscheiden (death, die, expire, march off, retreat, withdraw), sterven (die, expire, march off, retreat, withdraw), overlýden (death, die, expire), inslapen, heengaan, doodgaan (die, expire). (various references)

Esperanto

morti (die, expire), fortransi. (various references)

Faeroese

doyggja (die, expire). (various references)

Finnish

kuolla (die, expire). (various references)

French

mourir (pass on), décéder. (various references)

Frisian

stjerre (die, expire), ferstjerre (die, expire), deagean (die, expire). (various references)

German

sterben (be dead, death, die, expire, perish, predecease, to die, to pass away). (various references)

Greek 

πεθαίνω (bite the dust, die, give up the ghost, to die, tperish). (various references)

Hebrew 

לשבוק, לחלוף (come anew, glide along, move past, pass, shave, vanish), לסור (depart from, deviate, digress, drop in, go away, leave off, move, step aside, turn, turn aside). (various references)

Hungarian

eltölt (to pass, to pass away, to put in, to sate, to satiate, to waste, to wear away, to wear out), elmúlik (elapse, to elapse, to expire, to pass away, to pass off, to peter out, to roll by, to slip away, to slip by, to wear away), elhuny (die, to cross the river, to cross the river of death). (various references)

Indonesian

wafat (death, die, fade away), meninggal (death, decease), berpulang (die, give back, pass on). (various references)

Italian

spegnere (be extinguished, blow out, cut off, die down, douse, extinguish, fade, go out, put, put off, put out, quench, shut off, slake, snuff, stub out, switch off, turn out), morire (die, die away, die down, die out, end, expire, fade, fail, go out, kick the bucket, perish, spoil), mancare (absence, be absent, be away, be lacking, be missing, be needed, be wanting, be wrong, deficiency, fail, lack, Miss, need, omit, pass on, want, weakness). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

逝く (to die, to pass away). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そっする (to die, to pass away), きせきにいる (to join the majority, to pass away), ゆく (to die, to go, to pass away), みまかる (to die, to pass away). (various references)

Manx

phaart, hooar baase. (various references)

Papiamen

muri (die, expire), fayesé (die, expire). (various references)

Pig Latin

asspay awayay.(various references)

Polish

umierać (die, expire). (various references)

Portuguese

morrer (bump off, decease, depart, die, do for, exit, expire, go, kick the bucket, part, perish, succumb, tip-off), falecer (decease, die, expire, kick the bucket, pass). (various references)

Romanian

muri (croak, decease, depart, die, drop off, expire, get off the hooks, go, go west, hop the perch, kick in, pack up, part, pass, pass on, pay the debt of nature, peg out, perish, suffer). (various references)

Russian 

скончаться (decease), проходить (come by, elapse, elapsed, get by, go, go by, go through, move on, pass, pass through, penetrate, permeate, roll by, walk, walked, wear off). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

upokojiti, umreti (depart, die, expire, pop off). (various references)

Spanish

pasar a mejor vida (pass on, pass out), pasar (blow over, bypass, come, come about, come by, come down, come in, come off, cross, dilute, draw, elapse, enact, ensue, expend, function, gait, get, get across, get by, get over, get through, give, go, go by, go off, go on, go over, go past, go through, goffer, hand, hand down, hand on, hand over, happen, kick around, knot, lapse, last, light out, line, live, live through, move, occupy, occur, outdo, overstep, overtake, pass, pass across, pass by, pass off, pass on, pass round, passing, pop in, post, proceed, put across, put down, reach, relay, render, ride by, roll by, run, shift, skip, smuggle, spend, strain, suffer, swallow, take away, throw out, tick away, tick by, to pass, to spend, touch, tough, turn, turn about, turn around, turn over, wear off, wear on, while), morir (be lost, demise, die, die out, expire, gangrene, go out, kill), irse (be behind, collapse, depart, disappear, escape, fade, fail, follow, get along, go, go for, leave, let off, make tracks, pursue, run after, walk), ir (be, be almost, be behind, bet, blab, chase after, collapse, die out, discard to, drag on, escape from, exist, fail to, fit, follow, get along, get at, get round, go, going, head, lead, lose, pass, pass by, pursue, run after, run away, run for, slip down, suit, to go, walk), fallecer (decease, depart, die, pass on), desaparecer (clear off, die, die away, die out, disappear, fade out, go away, go under, pass, peter out, vanish, wear off, work off). (various references)

Sranan

kraperi (die, expire), dede (blunt, dead, die, expire, late). (various references)

Swedish

förgå (disappear, elapse, vanish), avliva (kill, liquidate, put to death, scotch, slay). (various references)

Turkish

ölmek (belly up, bite the dust, cash in, choke, conk, croak, cross the styx, cut up, decease, depart, die, end, exit, expire, gasp one's life out, give up the ghost, go, go belly up, go hence, go the way of all flesh, go west, hand in one's checks, hand in one's chips, hop the twig, kick the bucket, pass in, pass out, pay one's debt to nature, peg out, perish, pip, pip out, pop off, return to dust, snuff it, succumb, yield up the ghost). (various references)

Ukrainian

зникати (come off, die, die down, disappear, dispel, dissipate, evanish, go out of being, ooze, pass off, pass out, peter out, vanish, walk, wan, wear away), проводити час (spend time), померти (bump off, decease, end, go west, pack up, pass in, pass out, peg out, pip out, pop off). (various references)

Welsh

marw (dead, die, expire). (various references)

Yucatec

kimil (die, expire). (various references)

Zulu

-shona (die, expire). (various references)

abeam, abeat, abeatis, abeuntes, abeuntibus, abi, abiam, abibant, abibo, abibunt, abiens, abierant, abierat, abierint, abieris, abierit, abieritis, abiero, abierunt, abieruntque, abies, abii, abiit, abiitque, abire, abirem, abiret, abisse, abissem, abissent, abisset, abisti, abisue, abite, abivimus, beri, defecerat, defecerint, defecerit, defeceritis, defecerunt, defeci, defecimus, defecisset, defecisti, defecit, defecitque, defecto, deficere, deficerent, deficeret, deficiam, deficiamus, deficiant, deficias, deficiat, deficiatis, deficiebant, deficiebat, deficiemus, deficiendo, deficiens, deficient, deficiente, deficientem, deficientes, deficientibus, deficiet, deficimus, deficit, deficiunt, discedo, emortuam, emortuo, emortuum, mori, pereamus, pereant, pereas, pereat, pereatis, pereatisque, pereo, pereunt, pereunte, pereuntem, pereuntes, pereuntibus, pereuntium, peribimus, peribis, peribisque, peribit, peribitis, peribunt, perierant, perierat, perierint, perierit, perierunt, periet, perii, periit, perimus, perire, perirent, periret, perisse, perissem, perissemus, perisset, peristi, perit, periti, peritis, peritos, peritum, perituri, perituros, peritus, perivit, pertranseam, pertranseant, pertranseat, pertranseunt, pertranseuntes, pertransibis, pertransibit, pertransibo, pertransibunt, pertransiebant, pertransiens, pertransieris, pertransierit, pertransiero, pertransierunt, pertransiet, pertransiit, pertransire, pertransirent, pertransiret, pertransissem, pertransissent, pertransisset, pertransit, pertransitque, pertransivi, pertransivimus, pertransivit, recedo. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"Pass Away" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: passy away. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: assay, spays, swaps, sways, wasps, waspy, yawps.

-4 letters: asps, away, pass, paws, pays, pyas, saps, saws, says, spas, spay, swap, sway, waps, wasp, ways, yaps, yawp, yaws.

-5 letters: aas, asp, ass, awa, ays, pas, paw, pay, pya, sap, saw, say, spa, spy, wap, was, way, yap, yaw.

+2 letters: passageway.

+3 letters: passageways.