Definition of: pass

(pas, päs) v. passed (Rare past), passed or past, pass·ing v.t.
1. To go by or move past and leave behind.
2. To go across, around, over, or through.
3. To permit to go unnoticed or unmentioned.
4. To undergo; experience: to pass a bad night.
5. To undergo successfully, as a test; meet the requirements of.
6. To go beyond or exceed; surpass: It passes comprehension.
7. To cause to go or move: to pass one's eyes over a book; to pass a rope through a pulley.
8. To cause to go or move past: to pass troops in review.
9. To cause or allow to advance or proceed: They passed him through their ranks.
10. To cause or allow to elapse; spend: to pass the night at an inn.
11. To give approval to; sanction; allow.
12. To enact, as a law.
13. To be approved by: The bill passed the senate.
14. To omit paying (a dividend).
15. To cause to go from person to person; put in circulation; transmit: Pass the word.
16. To utter or pronounce, especially judicially, as judgment or sentence.
17. To excrete (waste).
18. To pledge, as one's word.
19. To perform a pass (noun def. 5) on or over.
20. In sports, to transfer (the ball, etc.) to another player on the same side.
21. Law To transfer or assign ownership of to another by will, deed, etc.
—v.i.
22. To go or proceed; move.
23. To have course or direction; extend: The road passed under a bridge.
24. To go away; depart.
25. To come to an end; disappear.
26. To elapse or go by; be spent: The day passed slowly.
27. To die.
28. To go by; move past in or as in review.
29. To go from person to person; obtain currency; circulate.
30. To be mutually given and received, as greetings or recriminations.
31. To go or change from one condition, circumstance, etc., to another; alter: to pass from hot to cold.
32. To take place; happen; occur.
33. To be allowed or tolerated; go unheeded or unpunished.
34. To undergo a test, examination, etc., successfully; meet the requirements.
35. To be approved, ratified, enacted, etc.
36. To obtain or force passage; make a way: They shall not pass!
37. To be excreted or voided.
38. Law a To give or pronounce judgment, sentence, etc.: with on or upon. b To sit in inquest: with on or upon. c To adjudicate: with between. d To be transferred or assigned to another by will, deed, etc.
39. In sports, to transfer the ball, etc., to another player on the same side.
40. In fencing, to make a pass or thrust; lunge.
41. In card games, to decline to make a play, bid, etc.
—to pass away
1. To come to an end; disappear.
2. To die.
3. To allow (time) to elapse.
—to pass for To be accepted as, usually incorrectly.
—to pass off
1. To come to an end; disappear.
2. To give out or circulate as genuine; palm off.
3. To be emitted, as a vapor.
—to pass out
1. To distribute.
2. Colloq. To faint.
—to pass over To fail to notice or consider.
—to pass up Colloq. To reject or fail to take advantage of, as an offer or opportunity.
—noun
1. A way or opening that affords a passage; a place through which one can pass; a gap in a mountain range through which a road may be or has been made; a defile; waterway.
2. Permission or a permit to pass; a ticket; passport: a pass through an army's lines.
3. A state of affairs; crisis.
4. The successful undergoing of an examination, test, or inspection; in a university, a degree gained without honors.
5. A movement of a hand, wand, or the like, as in mesmeric manipulation; transference of objects in sleight–of–hand tricks, magic, etc.
6. A movement made in attempting to stab or strike; a thrust; lunge; also, figuratively, a verbal thrust; a witty sally.
7. In football, hockey, lacrosse, etc., the action of passing the ball between players, in the course of the game.
8. In court tennis, a ball so served that it strikes the penthouse or the floor of the court between the main wall and the pass line.
9. In baseball, a base on balls.
10. Mil. Authority in writing given a soldier to be absent from duty or station for a specified period.
—forward pass In football, the throwing or passing of the ball toward the opponent's goal.
—lateral pass In football, a pass which does not travel towards either goal.
—to bring to pass To cause to be fulfilled, accomplished, or realized.
—to come to pass To happen; come about; be realized.
—to make a pass at
1. To attempt to hit.
2. Slang To attempt to caress. [<OF passer <L passus a step; noun, doublet of PACE]