n.

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

v.

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

adj.

1. of advancing the ball by throwing it;
   passing(a), pass(a)
   
   • a team with a good passing attack
   • a pass play