Definitions
How to pronounce pass:
Pass - as an adjective
Of advancing the ball by throwing it
Example: "A team with a good passing attack"
Pass - as a noun
(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
Example: "He worked the pitcher for a base on balls"
(military) a written leave of absence
Example: "He had a pass for three days"
(american football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
Example: "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
Example: "We got through the pass before it started to snow"
Any authorization to pass or go somewhere
Example: "The pass to visit had a strict time limit"
A document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
Example: "The media representatives had special passes"
A flight or run by an aircraft over a target
Example: "The plane turned to make a second pass"
A bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
One complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
Example: "It was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass"
An automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
Example: "He had a bye in the first round"
A permit to enter or leave a military installation
Example: "He had to show his pass in order to get out"
A complimentary ticket
Example: "The star got passes for his family"
A usually brief attempt
Example: "He took a crack at it"
(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
Example: "The pass was fumbled"
Success in satisfying a test or requirement
Example: "His future depended on his passing that test"
Pass - as a verb
Go across or through
Example: "We passed the point where the police car had parked"
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Move past
Example: "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"
Make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
Example: "They passed the amendment"
For time to move forward
Example: "Three years elapsed"
Place into the hands or custody of
Example: "Hand me the spoon, please"
Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
Example: "Service runs all the way to cranbury"
Travel past
Example: "The sports car passed all the trucks"
Come to pass
Example: "What is happening?"
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Go unchallenged; be approved
Example: "The bill cleared the house"
Use up a period of time in a specific way
Example: "How are you spending your summer vacation?"
Pass over, across, or through
Example: "He ran his eyes over her body"
Transmit information
Example: "Please communicate this message to all employees"
Disappear gradually
Example: "The pain eventually passed off"
Go successfully through a test or a selection process
Example: "She passed the new jersey bar exam and can practice law now"
Be superior or better than some standard
Example: "She exceeded our expectations"
Accept or judge as acceptable
Example: "The teacher passed the student although he was weak"
Allow to go without comment or censure
Example: "The insult passed as if unnoticed"
Transfer to another; of rights or property
Example: "Our house passed under his official control"
Pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
Example: "He sank into nirvana"
Throw (a ball) to another player
Example: "Smith passed"
Be inherited by
Example: "The estate fell to my sister"
Cause to pass
Example: "She passed around the plates"
Grant authorization or clearance for
Example: "Clear the manuscript for publication"
Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Example: "She died from cancer"
Eliminate from the body
Example: "Pass a kidney stone"
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Word Game Points
PASS has a SCRABBLE points total of 6.
PASS has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 7.
PASS has a WORDFEUD points total of 7.
