pass
Cross references:
1. juncture
1. pass \'pas\ vb [ME passen, fr. OF passer, fr. (assumed) VL passare, fr.
L [AF passer, lit., to proceed, fr. OF]Xpassus step - more at PACE 1:
MOVE, PROCEED 2a: to go away : DEPART 2b: DIE - often used with on 3a:
to go by or move past 3b: to glide by (as of time) 3c: to move past
another vehicle going in the same direction 4a: to go or make one's way
through 4b: to go uncensured or unchallenged {let his remark ~} 5: to go
from of a jury 6a1: to sit in inquest 6a2: to sit in adjudication 6b1:
to render a legal judgment 6b2: to express a decided opinion 7a: to
undergo transfer so as to become vested in another 7b: to go from the
control or possession of one person or group to that of another {throne
~ed to his son} 8a: HAPPEN, OCCUR 8b: to take place as a mutual exchange
or transaction {words ~e d} 9a: to secure the approval of a legislature or
other body that has power t o sanction or reject a proposal 9b: to go
through an inspection, test, or course of study successfully 10a: to serve
as a medium of exchange 10b: to be held or regarded 10c: to identify
oneself or accept identification as a white person though having some
Negro ancestry 11a: obs : to make a pass in fencing 11b: to execute a pass
(as in football) 12a: to decline to bid, double, or redouble in a card
game 12b: to withdraw from the current poker pot 1: to go beyond : as
1a: SURPASS 1b: to advance or develop beyond 1c: to go past (one moving
in the same direction) 1d: to transcend the range or limitations of 2a:
to omit a regularly scheduled declaration and payment of (a dividend) 2b:
to leave out in an account or narration 3a: to go across, over, or through
: CROSS 3b: to live through : UNDERGO 3c: to cause or permit to elapse :
SPEND 4a: to secure the approval of 4b: to go through successfully {~ed
the exam} 5a: to cause or permit to win approval or legal or official
sanction 5b: to let go unnoticed : OVERLOOK 5c: to cause or allow to pass
an examination or course of study 6a: PLEDGE 6b: to transfer the right or
property in 7a: to put in circulation {~ing bad checks} 7b: to transfer
from one person to another 7c: to cause or enable to go : TRANSPORT 7d:
to take a turn with (as a rope) around something 7e: to transfer (as a
ball) to another player on the same team 7f: THROW 8a: to pronounce
judicially {~ed sentence} 8b: UTTER 9a: to cause or permit to go past or
through a barrier 9b: to cause to march or go by in order {~ed the troops
in r eview} 10: to emit or discharge from the bowels 11: to permit to
reach first base by giving a base on balls : to pass an inspection or
examination : to shift a responsibility to someone else : to take up a
collection of money - pass.er n
2. pass n 1: an opening, road, channel, or other way by which a barrier may
be passed or access gained to a particular place; esp : a low place in a
mountain range 2: a position to be maintained usu. against odds
3. pass n 1: the act or an instance of passing : PASSAGE 2: ACCOMPLISHMENT
3: a state of affairs : CONDITION 4a: a written permission to move about
freely in a particular place or to l eave or enter it 4b: a written leave
of absence from a military post or station for a brief period 4c: a permit
or ticket allowing one free transportation or free admission 5: a thrust
or lunge in fencing 6a: a transference of objects by sleight of hand or
other deceptive means 6b: a moving of the hands over or along something
archaic 7: an ingenious sally (as of wit) 8: the passing of an
examination or course of study; also : the mar k or certification of such
passing 9: a single complete mechanical operation 10: a transfer of a ball
or a puck from one player to another on the same t eam 11: BASE ON BALLS
12a: a refusal to bid, bet, or draw an additional card in a card game 12b:
an election not to bid, double, or redouble in bridge 13: a throw of dice
that wins the main bet 14: a single passage or movement of an airplane or
other man-made object ov er a place or toward a target 15a: EFFORT, TRY
15b: a sexually inviting gesture or approach 16: PASE
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