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passage

/ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/
noun
  1. A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.

    "She struggled to play the difficult passages."

  2. Part of a path or journey.

    "He made his passage through the trees carefully, mindful of the stickers."

  3. An incident or episode.

Synonymspassing
verb
  1. To pass something, such as a pathogen or stem cell, through a host or medium

    "After 24 hours, the culture was passaged to an agar plate."

  2. To make a passage, especially by sea; to cross

    "They passaged to America in 1902."

adjective
  1. Describing a bird that has left the nest, is living on its own, but is less than a year old. (commonly used in falconry)

    "Passage red-tailed hawks are preferred by falconers because these younger birds have not yet developed the adult behaviors which would make them more difficult to train."

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