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To change place.; To move or be moved from one place to another.intransitive
- They passed from room to room.
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To change place.; To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.transitive
- You will pass a house on your right.
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To change place.; To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another.ditransitive
- The waiter passed biscuits and cheese.
- John passed Suzie a note.
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To change place.; To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes.intransitivetransitive
- He was passing blood in both his urine and his stool.
- The poison had been passed by the time of the autopsy.
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To change place.; To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.transitive
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To change place.; To make various kinds of movement.transitive
- 20 June 2010, The Guardian, Rob Smyth Iaquinta passes it coolly into the right-hand corner as Paston dives the other way.
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To change place.; To make various kinds of movement.transitive
- Brady passed the ball to nine different receivers and handed it off to seven.
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To change place.; To make various kinds of movement.intransitive
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To change place.; To make various kinds of movement.intransitive
- The Patriots passed on third and long.
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To change place.; To go from one person to another.intransitive
pass
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An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
- mountain pass
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A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
- the passes of the Mississippi
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A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
- [The bear] made a pass at the dog, but he swung out and above him […]
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A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
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An attempt.
- My first pass at a career of writing proved unsuccessful.
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An attempt.; A sexual advance (often in the phrase make a pass).
- The man kicked his friend out of the house after he made a pass at his wife.
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Success in an examination or similar test.
- I gained three passes at A-level, in mathematics, French, and English literature.
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A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
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A thrust; a sally of wit.figuratively
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The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
- Everyone in the football stadium expected a pass play on third down.
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A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).slang
- Anyone want to trade passes?