pass in WordNet English dictionary

1. grant authorization or clearance for
   "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"
   authorize  authorise  pass  clear 
   
2. disappear gradually
   "The pain eventually passed off"
   evanesce  fade  blow over  pass off  fleet  pass 
   
3. go unchallenged; be approved
   "The bill cleared the House"
   pass  clear 
   
4. come to pass
   "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
   happen  hap  go on  pass off  occur  pass  fall out  come about  take place 
   
5. transmit information
   "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"
   communicate  pass on  pass  pass along  put across 
   
6. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
   "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
   die  decease  perish  go  exit  pass away  expire  pass  kick the bucket  cash in one's chips  buy the farm  conk  give-up the ghost  drop dead  pop off  choke  croak  snuff it 
   
7. 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"
   fall  return  pass  devolve 
   
8. pass over, across, or through
   "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"
   guide  run  draw  pass 
   
9. eliminate from the body
   "Pass a kidney stone"
   excrete  egest  eliminate  pass 
   
10. pass by
    "three years elapsed"
    elapse  lapse  pass  slip by  glide by  slip away  go by  slide by  go along 
    
11. be superior or better than some standard
    "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"
    exceed  transcend  overstep  pass  go past  top 
    
12. 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"
    run  go  pass  lead  extend 
    
13. 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"
    pass  hand  reach  pass on  turn over  give 
    
14. go across or through
    "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"
    pass  go through  go across 
    
15. move past
    "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"
    travel by  pass by  surpass  go past  go by  pass 
    
16. pass into a specified state or condition
    "He sank into nirvana"
    sink  pass  lapse 
    
17. make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
    "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time"
    legislate  pass 
    
18. go successfully through a test or a selection process
    "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"
    pass  make it 
    
19. cause to pass
    "She passed around the plates"
    pass  make pass 
    
20. travel past
    "The sports car passed all the trucks"
    pass  overtake  overhaul 
    
21. throw (a ball) to another player
    "Smith passed"
    pass 
    
22. transfer to another; of rights or property
    "Our house passed under his official control"
    pass 
    
23. accept or judge as acceptable
    "The teacher passed the student although he was weak"
    pass 
    
24. allow to go without comment or censure
    "the insult passed as if unnoticed"
    pass 
    
25. pass time in a specific way
    "how are you spending your summer vacation?"
    spend  pass 
    

1. (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
   "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls"
   base on balls  walk  pass 
   
2. you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
   "he had a bye in the first round"
   bye  pass 
   
3. a usually brief attempt
   "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
   crack  fling  go  pass  whirl  offer 
   
4. (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
   "the pass was fumbled"
   pass  toss  flip 
   
5. a difficult juncture
   "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday"
   pass  head  straits 
   
6. a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
   "the media representatives had special passes"
   pass  laissez passer 
   
7. a permit to enter or leave a military installation
   "he had to show his pass in order to get out"
   pass  liberty chit 
   
8. 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"
   pass  mountain pass  notch 
   
9. (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"
   pass  passing play  passing game  passing 
   
10. success in satisfying a test or requirement
    "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"
    passing  pass  qualifying 
    
11. a flight or run by an aircraft over a target
    "the plane turned to make a second pass"
    pass 
    
12. any authorization to pass or go somewhere
    "the pass to visit had a strict time limit"
    pass  passport 
    
13. a complimentary ticket
    "the star got passes for his family"
    pass 
    
14. one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
    "it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass"
    pass 
    
15. a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
    pass  strait  straits 
    
16. (military) a written leave of absence
    "he had a pass for three days"
    pass 
    

1. of advancing the ball by throwing it
   "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play"
   passing  pass