Definition of Pass

Verb: pass pÃ£s

Go across or through
"We passed the point where the police car had parked";
- go through, go across
Move past
"A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall";
- travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by
Make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
"They passed the amendment";
- legislate
Become later by the passage of a given amount of time
"three years passed";
- elapse, lapse, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
Place into the hands or custody of
"pass me the spoon, please";
- hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
"Service passes all the way to Cranbury";
- run, go, lead, extend
Travel past
"The sports car passed all the trucks";
- overtake, overhaul
(of an event) come to pass (in time, so that it is real and actual at some time)
"What is passing off?";
- happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, fall out, come about, take place
Go unchallenged; be approved
"The bill passed the House";
- clear
Pass time in a specific way
"how are you passing your summer vacation?";
- spend
Pass over, across, or through
"He passed his eyes over her body";
- guide, run, draw
Transmit information
"pass along the good news"; "Please pass on this message to all employees";
- communicate, pass on, pass along, put across
Disappear gradually
"The pain eventually passed off";
- evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet
Go successfully through a test or a selection process
"She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now";
- make it, make the grade [N. Amer]
Be superior or better than some standard
"She passed our expectations";
- exceed, transcend, overstep, go past, top
Accept or judge as acceptable
"The teacher passed the student although he was weak"
Allow to go without comment or censure
"the insult passed as if unnoticed"
Transfer to another; of rights or property
"Our house passed under his official control"
Pass into a specified state or condition
"He passed into nirvana";
- sink, lapse
Throw (a ball) to another player
"Smith passed"
Be inherited by
"The estate passed to my sister";
- fall, return, devolve
Cause to pass
"She passed around the plates";
- make pass
Grant authorization or clearance for
"The rock star never passed this slanderous biography";
- authorize, authorise [Brit], clear
Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
"She passed away from cancer";
- die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm [N. Amer], conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it, pop one's clogs
Expel from the body
"Pass a kidney stone";
- excrete, egest, eliminate

Noun: pass pÃ£s

(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
"he worked the pitcher for a pass";
- base on balls, walk
(military) a written leave of absence
"he had a pass for three days"
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
"the coach sent in a pass on third and long";
- passing play, passing game, passing
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";
- mountain pass, notch
Any authorization to go somewhere
"the pass to visit had a strict time limit";
- passport
A document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
"the media representatives had special passes";
- laissez passer
A flight or run by an aircraft over a target
"the plane turned to make a second pass"
A bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
- strait, straits
A difficult juncture
"a pretty pass";
- head, straits
One complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
"it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass"
An instance of advancing to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
"he had a pass in the first round";
- bye
(military) a permit to enter or leave a military installation
"he had to show his pass in order to get out";
- liberty chit
A complimentary ticket
"the star got passes for his family"
A usually brief attempt
"he took a pass at it";
- crack, fling, go, whirl, offer
(sport) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
"the pass was fumbled";
- toss, flip
Success in satisfying a test or requirement
"he got a pass in introductory chemistry";
- passing, qualifying

Adjective: pass pÃ£s

(football) of advancing the ball by throwing it
"a pass play";
- passing