1. [n]  success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"
2. [n]  (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled"
3. [n]  (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls"
4. [n]  a flight or run by an aircraft over a target; "the plane turned to make a second pass"
5. [n]  a football play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long"
6. [n]  a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
7. [n]  a complementary (free) ticket; "the start got passes for his family"
8. [n]  a permit to enter or leave a military installation; "he had to show his pass in order to get out"
9. [n]  a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions; "the media representatives had special passes"
10. [n]  any authorization to pass or go somewhere; "the pass to visit had a strict time limit"
11. [n]  you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round"
12. [n]  one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer); "it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass"
13. [n]  a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday"
14. [n]  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"
15. [n]  a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
16. [n]  (military) a written leave of absence; "he had a pass for three days"
17. [v]  eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
18. [v]  come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
19. [v]  pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"
20. [v]  disappear gradually; as of emotions, for example; "The pain eventually passed off"
21. [v]  transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"
22. [v]  grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"
23. [v]  guide or pass over something; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"
24. [v]  make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people's spend their free time"
25. [v]  pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into Nirvana"
26. [v]  travel past, as of a vehicle; "The sports car passed all the trucks"
27. [v]  go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"
28. [v]  pass by; "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"
29. [v]  cause to pass; "She passed around the plates"
30. [v]  pass by, as of time
31. [v]  transfer to another; of rights or property; "Our house passed under his official control"
32. [v]  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"
33. [v]  place into the hands or custody of; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
34. [v]  throw (a ball) to another player; "Smith passed"
35. [v]  allow to go without comment or censure; "the insult passed as if unnoticed"
36. [v]  go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House"
37. [v]  accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the student although he was weak"
38. [v]  go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"
39. [v]  go beyond; "She exceeded out expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"
40. [v]  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"
41. [v]  pass in a specific way; as of time; "How are you spending your summer vacation?"
42. [v]  be identified, regarded, accepted, or mistaken for someone or something else; as by denying one's own ancestry or background; "He could pass as his twin brother"; "She passed as a White woman even though her grandfather was Black"

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1. \Pass\, n.
   In football, hockey, etc., a transfer of the ball, etc., to
   another player of one's side, usually at some distance.
   

2. \Pass\, v. i.
   In football, hockey, etc., to make pass; to transfer the
   ball, etc., to another player of one's own side.
   

3. \Pass\, 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.
            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 transitorily.
            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 along. ``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) 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) To make a lunge or pass; to thrust.
   16. (Card Playing & other games) To decline to take an
       optional action when it is one's turn, as to decline to
       bid, or to bet, or to play a card; in euchre, to decline
       to make the trump.
             She would not play, yet must not pass. --Prior.
   17. In football, hockey, etc., to make a pass; to transfer
       the ball, etc., to another player of one's own side.
       [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
   {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.
   

4. \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.
                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.) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as
      around a sail in furling, and make secure.
   5. (Fencing) 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.
   

5. \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.
            ``Try not the pass!'' the old man said.
                                                  --Longfellow.
   2. (Fencing) 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) 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. [Cf. {Passus}.] 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.