passthrough (third-person singular simple presentpasses through,present participlepassing through,simple past and past participlepassed through)
- Togo through, totravel through, totransit orlie across aplace or from oneplace toanother.
- Synonyms:go through,traverse,lustrate
- Hyponyms:lock through,walk through
Wepassed through the checkpoint on the road thatpasses through Freedonia.
1978, “CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY”, in Joseph L. Wieczynski, editor,The Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History[1], volume 7, Academic International Press,→ISBN,→LCCN,→OCLC,page49:Beginning where the road crosses the Sino-Soviet frontier at Man-chou-li, itpasses through Hailar and Ha-erh-pin (Harbin) and ends when it crosses back into Soviet territory at Sui-fen-ho (Pogranichnaia). During its history it has been known as the Trans-Manchurian Railway, the North Manchurian Railway, the Chinese Changchun Railway and the Harbin Railway. The main line from Man-chou-li to Sui-fen-ho is 950 miles in length.
- To make somethingmove through something else.
The dough ispassed through the pasta machine several times.
- Toundergo; toexperience.
We allpassed through those phases.
- Synonym ofinfiltrate.
Wepassed through enemy lines in the fog.
to make something move through something else
passthrough (pluralpass throughs)
- (US) A framed, window-like aperture in the interior wall of a house, usually between a kitchen and dining room, through which items (especially food) can be passed. A servinghatch.
