passage

Forms

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.
- But there are those who do not feel that the sordid passages of life should be kept off the stage. It is a matter of opinion.
4.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.

1.To pass something, such as a pathogen or stem cell, through a host or medium.
- He passaged the virus through a series of goats.
- After 24 hours, the culture was passaged to an agar plate.
2.To execute a passage movement.

1.Of a bird: Less than a year old but living on its own, having left the nest.
- 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.

Uncommon· #2413

Borrowed into Middle English from Old French passage

From passer (“to pass”).