pass
    adj 1: of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good
           passing attack"; "a pass play" [syn: passing(a),
           pass(a)] [ant: running(a)]
    n 1: (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who
         receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on
         balls" [syn: base on balls, walk, pass]
    2: (military) a written leave of absence; "he had a pass for
       three days"
    3: (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" [syn: pass, passing play, passing game,
       passing]
    4: 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" [syn: pass,
       mountain pass, notch]
    5: any authorization to pass or go somewhere; "the pass to visit
       had a strict time limit" [syn: pass, passport]
    6: a document indicating permission to do something without
       restrictions; "the media representatives had special passes"
       [syn: pass, laissez passer]
    7: a flight or run by an aircraft over a target; "the plane
       turned to make a second pass"
    8: a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs [syn:
       pass, strait, straits]
    9: a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a
       head yesterday" [syn: pass, head, straits]
    10: one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer); "it was
        not possible to complete the computation in a single pass"
    11: you advance to the next round in a tournament without
        playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round" [syn:
        bye, pass]
    12: a permit to enter or leave a military installation; "he had
        to show his pass in order to get out" [syn: pass, liberty
        chit]
    13: a complimentary ticket; "the star got passes for his family"
    14: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it
        a whirl" [syn: crack, fling, go, pass, whirl,
        offer]
    15: (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of
        your team; "the pass was fumbled" [syn: pass, toss,
        flip]
    16: success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future
        depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in
        introductory chemistry" [syn: passing, pass,
        qualifying] [ant: failing, flunk]
    v 1: go across or through; "We passed the point where the police
         car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"
         [syn: pass, go through, go across]
    2: move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out
       the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line
       of soldiers surpassed the other" [syn: travel by, pass
       by, surpass, go past, go by, pass]
    3: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation;
       "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people
       spend their free time" [syn: legislate, pass]
    4: pass by; "three years elapsed" [syn: elapse, lapse,
       pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide
       by, go along]
    5: 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" [syn: pass, hand, reach,
       pass on, turn over, give]
    6: 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" [syn: run, go, pass, lead, extend]
    7: travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks" [syn:
       pass, overtake, overhaul]
    8: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place
       off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed
       important" [syn: happen, hap, go on, pass off,
       occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place]
    9: go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House"
       [syn: pass, clear]
    10: pass time in a specific way; "how are you spending your
        summer vacation?" [syn: spend, pass]
    11: 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" [syn: guide, run,
        draw, pass]
    12: transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to
        all employees"; "pass along the good news" [syn:
        communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put
        across]
    13: disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" [syn:
        evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet,
        pass]
    14: go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She
        passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"
        [syn: pass, make it] [ant: bomb, fail, flunk,
        flush it]
    15: be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our
        expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"
        [syn: exceed, transcend, overstep, pass, go past,
        top]
    16: accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the
        student although he was weak" [ant: fail]
    17: allow to go without comment or censure; "the insult passed
        as if unnoticed"
    18: transfer to another; of rights or property; "Our house
        passed under his official control"
    19: pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into
        nirvana" [syn: sink, pass, lapse]
    20: throw (a ball) to another player; "Smith passed"
    21: be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land
        returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir
        that everybody had assumed to be dead" [syn: fall,
        return, pass, devolve]
    22: cause to pass; "She passed around the plates" [syn: pass,
        make pass]
    23: grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript
        for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this
        slanderous biography" [syn: authorize, authorise,
        pass, clear]
    24: 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" [syn: 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] [ant: be
        born]
    25: eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" [syn:
        excrete, egest, eliminate, pass]

Pass \Pass\ (p[.a]s, p[a^]s), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Passed; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Passing.] [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.
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            On high behests his angels to and fro
            Passed frequent.                      --Milton.
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            Sweet sounds rose slowly through their mouths,
            And from their bodies passed.         --Coleridge.
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   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.
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            Others, dissatisfied with what they have, . . . pass
            from just to unjust.                  --Sir W.
                                                  Temple.
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   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.
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            Disturb him not, let him pass paceably. --Shak.
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            Beauty is a charm, but soon the charm will pass.
                                                  --Dryden.
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            The passing of the sweetest soul
            That ever looked with human eyes.     --Tennyson.
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   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 transitorily.
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            So death passed upon all men.         --Rom. v. 12.
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            Our own consciousness of what passes within our own
            mind.                                 --I. Watts.
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   5. To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as,
      their vacation passed pleasantly.
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            Now the time is far passed.           --Mark vi. 35
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   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.
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            False eloquence passeth only where true is not
            understood.                           --Felton.
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            This will not pass for a fault in him. --Atterbury.
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   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.
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   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.
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   9. To be suffered to go on; to be tolerated; hence, to
      continue; to live along. "The play may pass." --Shak.
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   10. To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance
       or opposition; as, we let this act pass.
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   11. To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess. [Obs.]
       "This passes, Master Ford." --Shak.
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   12. To take heed; to care. [Obs.]
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             As for these silken-coated slaves, I pass not.
                                                  --Shak.
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   13. To go through the intestines. --Arbuthnot.
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   14. (Law) 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.
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   15. (Fencing) To make a lunge or pass; to thrust.
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   16. (Card Playing) To decline to play in one's turn; in
       euchre, to decline to make the trump.
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             She would not play, yet must not pass. --Prior.
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   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 To pass 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.
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Pass \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: 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.
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                She loved me for the dangers I had passed.
                                                  --Shak.
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      (c) To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to
          take no note of; to disregard.
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                Please you that I may pass This doing. --Shak.
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                I pass their warlike pomp, their proud array.
                                                  --Dryden.
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      (d) To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
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                And strive to pass . . .
                Their native music by her skillful art.
                                                  --Spenser.
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                Whose tender power
                Passes the strength of storms in their most
                desolate hour.                    --Byron.
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      (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.
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   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.
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                I had only time to pass my eye over the medals.
                                                  --Addison.
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                Waller passed over five thousand horse and foot
                by Newbridge.                     --Clarendon.
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      (b) To cause to pass the lips; to utter; to pronounce;
          hence, to promise; to pledge; as, to pass sentence.
          --Shak.
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                Father, thy word is passed.       --Milton.
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      (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.
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   3. To emit from the bowels; to evacuate.
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   4. (Naut.) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as
      around a sail in furling, and make secure.
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   5. (Fencing) To make, as a thrust, punto, etc. --Shak.
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   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 (some one) or To pass (something)
   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.
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Pass \Pass\, n. [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.
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            "Try not the pass!" the old man said. --Longfellow.
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   2. (Fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike
      an adversary. --Shak.
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   3. A movement of the hand over or along anything; the
      manipulation of a mesmerist.
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   4. (Rolling Metals) A single passage of a bar, rail, sheet,
      etc., between the rolls.
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   5. State of things; condition; predicament.
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            Have his daughters brought him to this pass. --Shak.
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            Matters have been brought to this pass. --South.
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   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.
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            A ship sailing under the flag and pass of an enemy.
                                                  --Kent.
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   7. Fig.: a thrust; a sally of wit. --Shak.
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   8. Estimation; character. [Obs.]
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            Common speech gives him a worthy pass. --Shak.
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   9. [Cf. Passus.] A part; a division. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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   10. (Sports) In football, hockey, and other team sports, a
       transfer of the ball, puck, etc., to another player of
       one's own team, usually at some distance. In American
       football, the pass is through the air by an act of
       throwing the ball.
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   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.
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PASS, practice. To be given, or entered; to proceed; as, let the judgment 
pass for the plaintiff.