pass

go across or through

• “We passed the point where the police car had parked”
• “A terrible thought went through his mind”

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”

make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation

• “They passed the amendment”
• “We cannot legislate how people”

pass by

• “three years elapsed”

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”

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”
• “;”
• “;”

travel past

• “The sports car passed all the trucks”

come to pass

• “What is happening?”
• “The meeting took place off without an incidence”
• “Nothing occurred that seemed important”

go unchallenged; be approved

• “The bill cleared the House”

pass (time) in a specific way

• “How are you spending your summer vacation?”

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”

transmit information

• “Please communicate this message to all employees”
• “pass along the good news”

disappear gradually

• “The pain eventually passed off”

go successfully through a test or a selection process

• “She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now”

go beyond

• “She exceeded our expectations”
• “She topped her performance of last year”

accept or judge as acceptable

• “The teacher passed the student although he was weak”

allow to go without comment or censure

• “the insult passed as if unnoticed”

transfer to another; of rights or property

• “Our house passed under his official control”

pass into a specified state or condition

• “He sank into Nirvana”

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”

throw (a ball) to another player

• “Smith passed”

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”

cause to pass

• “She passed around the plates”

grant authorization or clearance for

• “Clear the manuscript for publication”
• “The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography”

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”

eliminate from the body

• “Pass a kidney stone”

(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls

• “he worked the pitcher for a base on balls”

(military) a written leave of absence

• “he had a pass for three days”

(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”

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”

any authorization to pass or go somewhere

• “the pass to visit had a strict time limit”

a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions

• “the media representatives had special passes”

a flight or run by an aircraft over a target

• “the plane turned to make a second pass”

a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

a difficult juncture

• “a pretty pass”
• “matters came to a head yesterday”

one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)

• “it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass”

a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes

a permit to enter or leave a military installation

• “he had to show his pass in order to get out”

a complementary (free) ticket

• “the start got passes for his family”

a usually brief attempt

• “he took a crack at it”
• “I gave it a whirl”

(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team

• “the pass was fumbled”

success in satisfying a test or requirement

• “his future depended on his passing that test”
• “he got a pass in introductory chemistry”

of advancing the ball by throwing it

• “a team with a good passing attack”
• “a pass play”