Noun:
1: base on balls, pass, walk (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls"
2: pass (military) a written leave of absence; "he had a pass for three days"
3: passing play, passing game, passing, pass (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"
4: mountain pass, pass, notch 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"
5: pass, passport any authorization to pass or go somewhere; "the pass to visit had a strict time limit"
6: pass, laissez passer a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions; "the media representatives had special passes"
7: pass a flight or run by an aircraft over a target; "the plane turned to make a second pass"
8: pass, straits, strait a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
9: pass, straits, head a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday"
10: pass one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer); "it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass"
11: pass, bye you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round"
12: liberty chit, pass a permit to enter or leave a military installation; "he had to show his pass in order to get out"
13: pass a complementary (free) ticket; "the star got passes for his family"
14: fling, crack, whirl, offer, go, pass a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
15: toss, pass, flip (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled"
16: passing, pass, qualifying success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"
Verb:
1: go across, pass, go through go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"
2: pass, pass by, surpass, go by, travel by, go past 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"
3: pass, legislate make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people's spend their free time"
4: elapse, lapse, go by, pass, slip by, glide by, go along, slip away, slide by pass by; "three years elapsed"
5: turn over, hand, reach, pass on, give, pass 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"
6: go, extend, run, lead, pass 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"
7: overhaul, overtake, pass travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks"
8: take place, happen, pass off, come about, fall out, go on, occur, pass, hap come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
9: pass, clear go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House"
10: pass, spend pass (time) in a specific way; "How are you spending your summer vacation?"
11: guide, pass, draw, run 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"
12: put across, pass on, communicate, pass, pass along transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"
13: fleet, fade, pass, evanesce, pass off, blow over disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"
14: make it, pass go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"
15: transcend, go past, exceed, pass, overstep, top go beyond; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"
16: pass accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the student although he was weak"
17: pass allow to go without comment or censure; "the insult passed as if unnoticed"
18: pass transfer to another; of rights or property; "Our house passed under his official control"
19: sink, lapse, pass pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into Nirvana"
20: pass 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"
21: pass throw (a ball) to another player; "Smith passed"
22: pass, devolve, fall, return 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"
23: pass, make pass cause to pass; "She passed around the plates"
24: pass, authorise, clear, authorize grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"
25: conk, kick the bucket, give-up the ghost, perish, expire, cash in one's chips, die, buy the farm, drop dead, choke, pass away, snuff it, pop off, decease, exit, croak, go, pass pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
26: excrete, egest, eliminate, pass eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
Adjective:
1: passing, pass of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play"