 Etymology : Middle English, from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin passare, from Latin passus step; more at PACE
Pronunciation : 'pas
Function : verb
Date : 13th century
1. sparrows. one who passes by; transferor, conveyor; wayfarer, traveler. laissez passer.
2. One who passes; a passenger. type genus of the Passeridae a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass a student who passes and examination a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as, their vacation passed pleasantly.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. To go through any inspection or test successfully; to be approved or accepted; as, he attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass.
11. To be suffered to go on; to be tolerated; hence, to continue; to live along.
12. To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance or opposition; as, we let this act pass.
13. To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess.
14. 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.
15. To go from one limit to the other of; to spend; to live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.
16. To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
17. To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. To cause to pass the lips; to utter; to pronounce; hence, to promise; to pledge; as, to pass sentence.
21. 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.
22. To put in circulation; to give currency to; as, to pass counterfeit money.
23. To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance; as, to pass a person into a theater, or over a railroad.
24. To emit from the bowels; to evacuate.
25. To take a turn with , as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
26. To make, as a thrust, punto, etc.
27. 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.
28. A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
29. A movement of the hand over or along anything; the manipulation of a mesmerist.
30. A single passage of a bar, rail, sheet, etc., between the rolls.
31. State of things; condition; predicament.
32. 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.
33. Fig.: a thrust; a sally of wit.
34. Estimation; character.
35. A part; a division.
36. In football, hockey, etc., a transfer of the ball, etc., to another player of one's side, usually at some distance.
37. In football, hockey, etc., to make pass; to transfer the ball, etc., to another player of one's own side. the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled" a flight or run by an aircraft over a target; "the plane turned to make a second pass" a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long" a complementary ticket; "the start got passes for his family" a permit to enter or leave a military installation; "he had to show his pass in order to get out" a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions; "the media representatives had special passes" any authorization to pass or go somewhere; "the pass to visit had a strict time limit" one complete cycle of operations ; "it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass" a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday" 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" a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs a written leave of absence; "he had a pass for three days" travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks" go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" cause to pass; "She passed around the plates" transfer to another; of rights or property; "Our house passed under his official control" 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" throw to another player; "Smith passed" allow to go without comment or censure; "the insult passed as if unnoticed" go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House" accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the student although he was weak" go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now" 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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