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verb/pɑːs/[pʰɑːs][pʰäːs]
  1. 1

    To change place.; To move or be moved from one place to another.intransitive

    • They passed from room to room.
  2. 2

    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.
  3. 3

    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.
  4. 4

    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.
  5. 5

    To change place.; To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.transitive

  6. 6

    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.
  7. 7

    To change place.; To make various kinds of movement.transitive

    • Brady passed the ball to nine different receivers and handed it off to seven.
  8. 8

    To change place.; To make various kinds of movement.intransitive

  9. 9

    To change place.; To make various kinds of movement.intransitive

    • The Patriots passed on third and long.
  10. 10

    To change place.; To go from one person to another.intransitive

noun/pɑːs/[pʰɑːs][pʰäːs]
  1. 1

    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
  2. 2

    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
  3. 3

    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 […]
  4. 4

    A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.

  5. 5

    An attempt.

    • My first pass at a career of writing proved unsuccessful.
  6. 6

    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.
  7. 7

    Success in an examination or similar test.

    • I gained three passes at A-level, in mathematics, French, and English literature.
  8. 8

    A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.

  9. 9

    A thrust; a sally of wit.figuratively

  10. 10

    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.
noun/pɑːs/[pʰɑːs][pʰäːs]
  1. 1

    A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).slang

    • Anyone want to trade passes?

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