PASS

pass, passing(a)

(adjective) of advancing the ball by throwing it; “a team with a good passing attack”; “a pass play”

passing, pass, qualifying

(noun) success in satisfying a test or requirement; “his future depended on his passing that test”; “he got a pass in introductory chemistry”

pass, toss, flip

(noun) (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; “the pass was fumbled”

pass

(noun) a flight or run by an aircraft over a target; “the plane turned to make a second pass”

pass, passing play, passing game, passing

(noun) (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; “the coach sent in a passing play on third and long”

crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer

(noun) a usually brief attempt; “he took a crack at it”; “I gave it a whirl”

pass

(noun) a complimentary ticket; “the star got passes for his family”

pass, liberty chit

(noun) a permit to enter or leave a military installation; “he had to show his pass in order to get out”

pass, laissez passer

(noun) a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions; “the media representatives had special passes”

pass, passport

(noun) any authorization to pass or go somewhere; “the pass to visit had a strict time limit”

bye, pass

(noun) an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent; “he had a bye in the first round”

pass

(noun) one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer); “it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass”

pass, head, straits

(noun) a difficult juncture; “a pretty pass”; “matters came to a head yesterday”

pass, mountain pass, notch

(noun) the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; “we got through the pass before it started to snow”

pass, strait, straits

(noun) a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

pass

(noun) (military) a written leave of absence; “he had a pass for three days”

excrete, egest, eliminate, pass

(verb) eliminate from the body; “Pass a kidney stone”

happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place

(verb) come to pass; “What is happening?”; “The meeting took place off without an incidence”; “Nothing occurred that seemed important”

die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it

(verb) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; “She died from cancer”; “The children perished in the fire”; “The patient went peacefully”; “The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102”

evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass

(verb) disappear gradually; “The pain eventually passed off”

communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across

(verb) transmit information; “Please communicate this message to all employees”; “pass along the good news”

authorize, authorise, pass, clear

(verb) grant authorization or clearance for; “Clear the manuscript for publication”; “The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography”

guide, run, draw, pass

(verb) pass over, across, or through; “He ran his eyes over her body”; “She ran her fingers along the carved figurine”; “He drew her hair through his fingers”

sink, pass, lapse

(verb) pass into a specified state or condition; “He sank into nirvana”

pass, overtake, overhaul

(verb) travel past; “The sports car passed all the trucks”

pass

(verb) go across or through; “We passed the point where the police car had parked”; “A terrible thought went through his mind”

pass, make pass

(verb) cause to pass; “She passed around the plates”

elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along

(verb) pass by; “three years elapsed”

pass

(verb) transfer to another; of rights or property; “Our house passed under his official control”

pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give

(verb) place into the hands or custody of; “hand me the spoon, please”; “Turn the files over to me, please”; “He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers”

pass

(verb) throw (a ball) to another player; “Smith passed”

legislate, pass

(verb) make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; “They passed the amendment”; “We cannot legislate how people spend their free time”

pass, clear

(verb) go unchallenged; be approved; “The bill cleared the House”

pass

(verb) accept or judge as acceptable; “The teacher passed the student although he was weak”

pass, make it

(verb) go successfully through a test or a selection process; “She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now”

exceed, transcend, overstep, pass, go past, top

(verb) be superior or better than some standard; “She exceeded our expectations”; “She topped her performance of last year”

run, go, pass, lead, extend

(verb) stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; “Service runs all the way to Cranbury”; “His knowledge doesn’t go very far”; “My memory extends back to my fourth year of life”; “The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets”

spend, pass

(verb) use up a period of time in a specific way; “how are you spending your summer vacation?”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

PASS

(education) Initialism of positive alternative to school suspension.

Anagrams

• APSS, ASPs, PSAS, PSAs, asps, saps, spas

Etymology 1

Verb

pass (third-person singular simple present passes, present participle passing, simple past and past participle passed)

To change place.

(intransitive) To move or be moved from one place to another.

Synonyms: go, move

(transitive) To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.

Synonyms: overtake, pass by, pass over

(ditransitive) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another; to transmit; to deliver; to hand; to make over.

Synonyms: deliver, give, hand, make over, send, transfer, transmit

(intransitive, transitive, medicine) To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes.

Synonyms: evacuate, void

(transitive, nautical) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.

(sport) to make a movement

(transitive, football) To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.

(transitive) To move (the ball or puck) to a teammate.

(intransitive, fencing) To make a lunge or swipe.

Synonym: thrust

(intransitive, American football) To throw the ball, generally downfield, towards a teammate.

(intransitive) To go from one person to another.

(transitive) To put in circulation; to give currency to.

Synonyms: circulate, pass around

(transitive) To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance.

Synonyms: admit, let in, let past

To change in state or status

(intransitive) To progress from one state to another; to advance.

(intransitive) To depart, to cease, to come to an end.

(intransitive) To die.

Synonyms: pass away, pass on, pass over, Thesaurus:die

(intransitive, transitive) To achieve a successful outcome from.

(intransitive, transitive) To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to become valid or effective; to obtain the formal sanction of (a legislative body).

Synonyms: be accepted by, be passed by

(intransitive, legal) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance.

(transitive) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just.

Synonyms: approve, enact, ratify

(intransitive, legal) To make a judgment on or upon a person or case.

(transitive) To utter; to pronounce; to pledge.

Synonyms: pronounce, say, speak, utter

(intransitive) To change from one state to another (without the implication of progression).

To move through time.

(intransitive, of time) To elapse, to be spent.

Synonyms: elapse, go by, Thesaurus:elapse

(transitive, of time) To spend.

(transitive) To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.

Synonyms: disregard, ignore, take no notice of, Thesaurus:ignore

(intransitive) To continue.

Synonyms: continue, go on

(intransitive) To proceed without hindrance or opposition.

(transitive) To live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.

Synonyms: bear, endure, suffer, tolerate, undergo, Thesaurus:tolerate

(intransitive) To happen.

Synonyms: happen, occur, Thesaurus:happen

To be accepted.

(intransitive) To be tolerated as a substitute for something else, to "do".

(sociology) To be accepted by others as a member of a race, sex or other group to which they would not otherwise regard one as belonging (or belonging fully, without qualifier); especially to live and be known as white although one has black ancestry, or to live and be known as female although one was assigned male or vice versa.

(intransitive) In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.

(intransitive) In euchre, to decline to make the trump.

To do or be better.

(intransitive, obsolete) To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess.

Synonyms: exceed, surpass

(transitive) To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.

Synonyms: better, exceed, excel, outdo, surpass, transcend, Thesaurus:exceed

(intransitive, obsolete) To take heed.

Synonyms: take heed, take notice, Thesaurus:pay attention

Synonyms

• (go from one limit to the other of): spend

• (promise): pledge, promise, vow

Etymology 2

Noun

pass (plural passes)

An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.

Synonyms: gap, notch

A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.

A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.

A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.

Synonym: transit

An attempt.

Success in an examination or similar test.

(fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.

Synonym: thrust

(figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.

A sexual advance.

(sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.

(rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.

Antonym: meet

Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.

Synonyms: access, admission, entry

A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission

(baseball) An intentional walk.

(sports) The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.

The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.

Synonyms: condition, predicament, state

(obsolete) Estimation; character.

(obsolete, Chaucer) A part, a division. Compare passus.

(cookery) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.

An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".

(computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.

Etymology 3

Noun

pass (plural passes)

(computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).

Anagrams

• APSS, ASPs, PSAS, PSAs, asps, saps, spas

Source: Wiktionary

Pass, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Passed; p. pr. & vb. n. Passing.] Etym: [F. passer, LL. passare, fr. L. passus step, or from pandere, passum, to spread out, lay open. See Pace.]

1. To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the kind or manner of motion; as, to pass on, by, out, in, etc.; to pass swiftly, directly, smoothly, etc.; to pass to the rear, under the yoke, over the bridge, across the field, beyond the border, etc. "But now pass over [i.e., pass on]." Chaucer. On high behests his angels to and fro Passed frequent. Milton. Sweet sounds rose slowly through their mouths, And from their bodies passed. Coleridge.

2. To move or be transferred from one state or condition to another; to change possession, condition, or circumstances; to undergo transition; as, the business has passed into other hands. Others, dissatisfied with what they have, . . . pass from just to unjust. Sir W. Temple.

3. To move beyond the range of the senses or of knowledge; to pass away; hence, to disappear; to vanish; to depart; specifically, to depart from life; to die. Disturb him not, let him pass paceably. Shak. Beauty is a charm, but soon the charm will pass. Dryden. The passing of the sweetest soul That ever looked with human eyes. Tennyson.

4. To move or to come into being or under notice; to come and go in consciousness; hence, to take place; to occur; to happen; to come; to occur progressively or in succession; to be present transitorly. So death passed upon all men. Rom. v. 12. Our own consciousness of what passes within our own mind. I. Watts.

5. To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as, their vacation passed pleasantly. Now the time is far passed. Mark vi. 35

6. To go from one person to another; hence, to be given and taken freely; as, clipped coin will not pass; to obtain general acceptance; to be held or regarded; to circulate; to be current; -- followed by for before a word denoting value or estimation. "Let him pass for a man." Shak. False eloquence passeth only where true is not understood. Felton. This will not pass for a fault in him. Atterbury.

7. To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to validity or effectiveness; to be carried through a body that has power to sanction or reject; to receive legislative sanction; to be enacted; as, the resolution passed; the bill passed both houses of Congress.

8. To go through any inspection or test successfully; to be approved or accepted; as, he attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass.

9. To be suffered to go on; to be tolerated; hence, to continue; to live alogn. "The play may pass." Shak.

10. To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance or opposition; as, we let this act pass.

11. To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess. [Obs.] "This passes, Master Ford." Shak.

12. To take heed; to care. [Obs.] As for these silken-coated slaves, I pass not. Shak.

13. To go through the intestines. Arbuthnot.

14. (Law)

Definition: To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance; as, an estate passes by a certain clause in a deed. Mozley & W.

15. (Fencing)

Definition: To make a lunge or pass; to thrust.

16. (Card Playing)

Definition: To decline to play in one's turn; in euchre, to decline to make the trump. She would not play, yet must not pass. Prior. To bring to pass, To come to pass. See under Bring, and Come.

– To pass away, to disappear; to die; to vanish. "The heavens shall pass away." 2 Pet. iii. 10. "I thought to pass away before, but yet alive I am." Tennyson.

– To pass by, to go near and beyond a certain person or place; as, he passed by as we stood there.

– To pass into, to change by a gradual transmission; to blend or unite with.

– To pass on, to proceed.

– To pass on or upon. (a) To happen to; to come upon; to affect. "So death passed upon all men." Rom. v. 12. "Provided no indirect act pass upon our prayers to define them." Jer. Taylor. (b) To determine concerning; to give judgment or sentence upon. "We may not pass upon his life." Shak.

– To pass off, to go away; to cease; to disappear; as, an agitation passes off.

– To pass over, to go from one side or end to the other; to cross, as a river, road, or bridge.

Pass, v. t.

1. In simple, transitive senses; as: (a) To go by, beyond, over, through, or the like; to proceed from one side to the other of; as, to pass a house, a stream, a boundary, etc. (b) Hence:

Definition: To go from one limit to the other of; to spend; to live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer. "To pass commodiously this life." Milton. She loved me for the dangers I had passed. Shak.

(c) To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard. Please you that I may pass This doing. Shak. I pass their warlike pomp, their proud array. Dryden.

(d) To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed. And strive to pass . . . Their native music by her skillful art. Spenser. Whose tender power Passes the strength of storms in their most desolate hour. Byron.

(e) To go successfully through, as an examination, trail, test, etc.; to obtain the formal sanction of, as a legislative body; as, he passed his examination; the bill passed the senate.

2. In causative senses: as: (a) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another; to transmit; to deliver; to hand; to make over; as, the waiter passed bisquit and cheese; the torch was passed from hand to hand. I had only time to pass my eye over the medals. Addison. Waller passed over five thousand horse and foot by Newbridge. Clarendon.

(b) To cause to pass the lips; to utter; to pronounce; hence, to promise; to pledge; as, to pass sentence. Shak. Father, thy word is passed. Milton.

(c) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just; as, he passed the bill through the committee; the senate passed the law. (e) To put in circulation; to give currency to; as, to pass counterfeit money. "Pass the happy news." Tennyson. (f) To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance; as, to pass a person into a theater, or over a railroad.

3. To emit from the bowels; to evacuate.

4. (Naut.)

Definition: To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.

5. (Fencing)

Definition: To make, as a thrust, punto, etc. Shak. Passed midshipman. See under Midshipman.

– To pass a dividend, to omit the declaration and payment of a dividend at the time when due.

– To pass away, to spend; to waste. "Lest she pass away the flower of her age." Ecclus. xlii. 9.

– To pass by. (a) To disregard; to neglect. (b) To excuse; to spare; to overlook.

– To pass off, to impose fraudulently; to palm off. "Passed himself off as a bishop." Macaulay.

– To pass (something) on or upon (some one), to put upon as a trick or cheat; to palm off. "She passed the child on her husband for a boy." Dryden.

– To pass over, to overlook; not to note or resent; as, to pass over an affront.

Pass, n. Etym: [Cf. F. pas (for sense 1), and passe, fr. passer to pass. See Pass, v. i.]

1. An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier; a passageway; a defile; a ford; as, a mountain pass. "Try not the pass!" the old man said. Longfellow.

2. (Fencing)

Definition: A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary. Shak.

3. A movement of the hand over or along anything; the manipulation of a mesmerist.

4. (Rolling Metals)

Definition: A single passage of a bar, rail, sheet, etc., between the rolls.

5. State of things; condition; predicament. Have his daughters brought him to this pass. Shak. Matters have been brought to this pass. South.

6. Permission or license to pass, or to go and come; a psssport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission; as, a railroad or theater pass; a military pass. A ship sailing under the flag and pass of an enemy. Kent.

7. Fig.: a thrust; a sally of wit. Shak.

8. Estimation; character. [Obs.] Common speech gives him a worthy pass. Shak.

9. Etym: [Cf. Passus.]

Definition: A part; a division. [Obs.] Chaucer. Pass boat (Naut.), a punt, or similar boat.

– Pass book. (a) A book in which a trader enters articles bought on credit, and then passes or sends it to the purchaser. (b) See Bank book.

– Pass box (Mil.), a wooden or metallic box, used to carry cartridges from the service magazine to the piece.

– Pass check, a ticket of admission to a place of entertainment, or of readmission for one who goes away in expectation of returning.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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