pass

[[t]pæs, pɑs[/t]]

v. t.

1) to move past; go by:

to pass a car on the road[/ex]

2) to let go without notice, action, etc.; disregard

3) to cause or allow to go through a barrier, obstacle, etc.:

The guard passed the visitor[/ex]

4) to go across or over (a stream, threshold, etc.); cross

5) to endure or undergo

6) to undergo or complete successfully:

to pass an examination[/ex]

7) to cause or permit (a person) to complete an examination, course of study, etc., successfully

8) to go beyond (a point, degree, stage, etc.); surpass

9) to cause to go or move onward:

to pass a rope through a hole[/ex]

10) to cause to go or march by:

to pass troops in review[/ex]

11) to allow to elapse or slip by; spend:

How did you pass the time?[/ex]

12) to cause to circulate or spread:

to pass rumors[/ex]

13) to cause to be accepted or received:

to pass bad checks[/ex]

14) to convey from one person to another

15) to discharge or void from the body

16) to sanction or approve, esp. by vote:

Congress passed the bill[/ex]

17) to obtain the approval or sanction of:

The bill passed the Senate[/ex]

18) to express; pronounce:

to pass judgment[/ex]

19) to omit the usual or regular payment of (a dividend)

20) spo to make a passing shot against (an opponent in tennis)

21) spo to transfer (a ball or puck) to a teammate

22) (in feats of magic) to perform a pass on

23) to pledge

24) to go or move onward; proceed

25) to come to or toward, then go beyond:

to pass through town[/ex]

26) to go away; depart:

The feeling will pass[/ex]

27) to elapse:

The day passed quickly[/ex]

28) to come to an end:

The crisis soon passed[/ex]

29) to die (often fol. by away or on)

30) to take place; happen; occur

31) to go by or move past

32) to go about or circulate

33) to serve as a marginally acceptable substitute:

The copy isn't very good but it will pass[/ex]

34) to live or be known as a member of a racial or ethnic group other than one's own, esp. to live and be known as a white person though having some black ancestry

35) to be transferred:

The crown passed to the king's nephew[/ex]

36) to be interchanged:

Sharp words passed between them[/ex]

37) to undergo transition or conversion:

to pass from a solid to a liquid state[/ex]

38) to go or get through a barrier, test, etc., successfully

39) to go unheeded or unchallenged:

I let the insult pass[/ex]

40) to express or pronounce an opinion or judgment:

Will you pass on the authenticity of this drawing?[/ex]

41) to be voided, as excrement or a kidney stone

42) to obtain the approval or sanction of a legislative body, committee, or the like

43) spo to make a pass, as in football or ice hockey

44) gam Cards.

a) to forgo one's opportunity to bid

b) to throw in one's hand

45) spo (in fencing) to thrust

46) phv pass for, to be accepted as; be considered:

material that passed for silk[/ex]

47) phv pass off

a) to present, offer, or sell by fraud or deceit

b) to cause to be accepted under a false identity:

He passed himself off as a doctor[/ex]

c) to continue to completion; occur:

The meeting passed off without incident[/ex]

48) phv pass out, to faint

49) phv pass over

to disregard; ignore

50) phv pass up, to refuse or neglect to take advantage of, as an opportunity

51) an act of passing

52) a narrow route across a low notch or depression in a mountain barrier

53) geo a road, channel, or other means of passage, as through an obstructed region

54) a permission or license to pass, go, come, or enter

55) mil written permission given a soldier to be absent briefly from a station

56) a free ticket or permit

57) a particular stage or state of affairs:

The situation came to a dreadful pass[/ex]

58) a single movement, effort, etc.:

We made a pass at the enemy airfield[/ex]

59) inf a gesture, action, or remark that is intended to be sexually inviting:

He made a pass at her[/ex]

60) a jab with the arm, esp. one that misses its mark

61) spo the transfer of a ball or puck from one teammate to another

62) spo

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63) gam Cards. the act or statement of not bidding or raising another bid

64) (in feats of magic)

a) a passing of the hand over, along, or before anything

b) the transference or changing of objects by or as if by sleight of hand; a manipulation

65) spo

pase

66) a thrust or lunge made in fencing

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- bring to pass come to pass pass the time of day

Etymology: 1175–1225; ME < OF passer < VL *passāre, der. of L passus step, pace I