What is pass?
What is pass?
- To move on or ahead; proceed.
- To extend; run: The river passes through our land.
- To move by: The band passed and the crowd cheered.
- To move past another vehicle: The sports car passed on the right.
- To gain passage despite obstacles: pass through difficult years.
- To move past in time; elapse: The days passed quickly.
- To be transferred from one to another; circulate: The wine passed around the table.
- Sports To transfer a ball or puck to a teammate.
- To be communicated or exchanged between persons: Loud words passed in the corridor.
- To be transferred or conveyed to another by will or deed: The title passed to the older heir.
- To undergo transition from one condition, form, quality, or characteristic to another: Daylight passed into darkness.
- To come to an end: My anger suddenly passed. The headache finally passed.
- To cease to exist; die. Often used with on: The patient passed on during the night.
- To happen; take place: What passed during the day?
- To be allowed to happen without notice or challenge: Let their rude remarks pass.
- Sports & Games To decline one's turn to bid, draw, bet, compete, or play.
- To decline an offer: When we offered him dessert, he passed.
- To undergo an examination or a trial with favorable results.
- To serve as a barely acceptable substitute: The spare tire was nearly bald but would pass until we bought a new one.
- To be accepted as a member of a group by denying one's own ancestry or background.
- To be approved or adopted: The motion to adjourn passed.
- Law To pronounce an opinion, judgment, or sentence.
- Law To sit in adjudication.
- To be voided: Luckily the kidney stone passed before she had to be hospitalized.
- Sports To thrust or lunge in fencing.