Pass(ps), Joe Originally Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalaqua. 1929-1994.
American jazz guitarist noted for his exceptional technique.
pass(ps)
v.passed, pass·ing, pass·es
v.intr.
1. To move on or ahead; proceed.
2. To extend; run: The river passes through our land.
3.
a. To move by: The band passed and the crowd cheered.
b. To move past another vehicle: The sports car passed on the right.
4. To gain passage despite obstacles: pass through difficult years.
5. To move past in time; elapse: The days passed quickly.
6.
a. To be transferred from one to another; circulate: The wine passed around the table.
b. Sports To transfer a ball or puck to a teammate.
7. To be communicated or exchanged between persons: Loud words passed in the corridor.
8. To be transferred or conveyed to another by will or deed: The title passed to the older heir.
9. To undergo transition from one condition, form, quality, or characteristic to another: Daylight passed into darkness.
10. To come to an end: My anger suddenly passed. The headache finally passed.
11. To cease to exist; die. Often used with on:The patient passed on during the night.
12. To happen; take place: What passed during the day?
13.
a. To be allowed to happen without notice or challenge: Let their rude remarks pass.
b. Sports & Games To decline ones turn to bid, draw, bet, compete, or play.
c. To decline an offer: When we offered him dessert, he passed.
14. To undergo an examination or a trial with favorable results.
15.
a. To serve as a barely acceptable substitute: The spare tire was nearly bald but would pass until we bought a new one.
b. To be accepted as a member of a group by denying ones own ancestry or background.
16. To be approved or adopted: The motion to adjourn passed.
17. Law
a. To pronounce an opinion, judgment, or sentence.
b. To sit in adjudication.
18. To be voided: Luckily the kidney stone passed before she had to be hospitalized.
19. Sports To thrust or lunge in fencing.
v.tr.
1. To go by without stopping; leave behind.
2.
a. To go by without paying attention to; disregard or ignore: If you pass the new photographs in the collection, youll miss some outstanding ones.
b. To fail to pay (a dividend).
3. To go beyond; surpass: The inheritance passed my wildest dreams.
4. To go across; go through: We passed the border into Mexico.
5.
a. To undergo (a trial or examination) with favorable results: She passed every test.
b. To cause or allow to go through a trial, test, or examination successfully: The instructor passed all the candidates.
6.
a. To cause to move: We passed our hands over the fabric.
b. To cause to move into a certain position: pass a ribbon around a package.
c. To cause to move as part of a process: pass liquid through a filter.
d. To cause to go by: The sergeant passed his troops before the general and halted them at the grandstand.
e. Baseball To walk (a batter).
f. To maneuver (the bull) by means of a pase in bullfighting.
7. To allow to go by or elapse; spend: He passed his winter in Vermont.
8. To allow to cross a barrier: The border guard passed the tourists.
9.
a. To cause to be transferred from one to another; circulate: They passed the news quickly.
b. To hand over to someone else: Please pass the bread.
c. Sports To transfer (a ball, for example) to a teammate, as by throwing.
d. To cause to be accepted; circulate fraudulently: pass counterfeit money.
e. Law To transfer title or ownership of.
10. To discharge (body waste, for example); void.
11.
a. To approve; adopt: The legislature passed the bill.
b. To be sanctioned, ratified, or approved by: The bill passed the House of Representatives.
12. To pronounce; utter: pass judgment; pass sentence on an offender.
n.
1. The act of passing; passage.
2. A way, such as a narrow gap between mountains, that affords passage around, over, or through a barrier. See Synonyms at way.
3.
a. A permit, ticket, or authorization to come and go at will.
b. A free ticket entitling one to transportation or admisssion.
c. Written leave of absence from military duty.
4.
a. A sweep or run, as by an aircraft, over or toward an area or target.
b. A single complete cycle of operations, as by a machine or computer program.
5. A condition or situation, often critical in nature; a predicament. See Synonyms at crisis.
6. A sexual invitation or overture.
7. A motion of the hand or the waving of a wand.
8.
a. Sports A transfer of a ball or puck between teammates.
b. Sports A lunge or thrust in fencing.
c. Baseball A base on balls.
9. Sports & Games A refusal to bid, draw, bet, compete, or play.
10. Games A winning throw of the dice in craps.
11. A pase in bullfighting.
Phrasal Verbs:
pass away
1. To pass out of existence; end.
2. To die.
pass for
To be accepted as or believed to be: You could pass for a teenager. The fake painting passed for an original.
pass off
1. To offer, sell, or put into circulation (an imitation) as genuine: pass off glass as a gemstone.
2. To present (ones self) as other than what one is: tried to pass himself off as a banker.
pass out
To lose consciousness.
pass over
To leave out; disregard.
pass upInformal
To let go by; reject: pass up a chance for promotion; an opportunity too good to pass up.
Idioms:
bring to pass
To cause to happen.
come to pass
To occur.
pass muster
To pass an examination or inspection; measure up to a given standard.
pass (ones) lips
1. To be eaten or drunk.
2. To issue or be spoken: Rumors never passed her lips.
pass the hat
To take up a collection of money.
pass the time of day
To exchange greetings or engage in pleasantries.
pass the torch
To relinquish (responsibilities, for example) to another or others.
[Middle English passen, from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin passre, from Latin passus, step; see pace1.]
passer n.
Usage Note: The past tense and past participle of pass is passed: They passed (or have passed) our home. Time had passed slowly.Past is the corresponding adjective (in centuries past), adverb (drove past), preposition (past midnight), and noun (lived in the past).
pass /ps/ v.passes1 [I;T] [T] (syns.) to go around, overtake: He drove faster in order to pass the truck in front of him on the highway. He drove faster in order to go around (or) overtake the truck in front of him on the highway.3 [I] (syns.) to walk | ride, drive: She [I;T] (syn.) to qualify, esp. pass a test or requirement: She passed the physical exam to become a firefighter. She qualified on the physical exam to be a firefighter. 5 [T] (syn.) to approve (officially): Congress [T] (syn.) to hand (out) s.t. to s.o.: I passed copies of the book to everyone in the classroom. I handed copies of the book [I;T] [I] (syns.) to change, transform: The seasons passed slowly from winter to spring. The seasons changed (or) transformed slowly from winter to spring. 9 [T] (syns.) to spend, occupy (time): They passed the time reading magazines while waiting for the plane. They spent (or) occupied the time reading magazines while waiting for the plane. 10 [I] (syns.) to end, cease: He had a stomachache, but he knew the pain would pass soon. He had a stomachache, but he knew the pain would end (or) cease soon.11 to bring to pass: to cause to happen: He thought we could never bring to pass such a big event as a rock concert, but we did!12to come to pass: to happen: I fear it will come to pass that the poor will always go hungry.13phrasal v.sep. [T] to pass s.t. along or down: to give s.t., esp. as an inheritance: My grandmother passed along her engagement ring to me.||She passed it along.14phrasal v.insep. [I] to pass away or on: to die: Her father passed away just last week.15 phrasal v.insep. [T] to pass for s.o. or s.t.: to look like, seem to be: The teenage girl was tall enough to pass for an adult.16to pass judgment: to give an opinion: He did not want to pass judgment on what was right in the conflict between his friends.17phrasal v. [I] to pass out: to lose mental awareness, as from fear, fatigue, pain, or too much alcohol: He had too many drinks at the party and passed out on the couch.18phrasal v.sep. [T] to pass s.o. or s.t. off: to present s.o. or s.t. as that which they are not: She passed off her ring as a real diamond.||She passed it off as real.19to pass s.o. or s.t. over: to ignore: She made a big mistake, but he passed over that.||He passed it over.20phrasal v.sep. [T] to pass s.t. up: to miss s.t., let s.t. go: We were sorry we passed up their invitation to dinner.||We passed it up. n.passes1 the act of moving by or through s.t.: The boy took (or) made a pass by the playground to see if any of his friends were there.||They made a pass through town late at night.2 an attempt to do s.t.: She made a pass at writing the report.3 a break in a mountain range that allows travel from one side to another: The hikers walked over the mountain pass into the valley.4 a written or printed notice that gives one the right to enter some place: He showed his pass to the guard, who let him enter the building.||She gave us a free pass to see the new movie.5 a result on a test that allows you to do s.t.: I earned a pass on my drivers test and was allowed to get my license.6 (in sports) the act of passing a ball from one player to another: He made a good pass to help score the goal.7to make a pass at s.o.: to make a bold attempt to attract s.o.s sexual interest: She made a pass at him during the office party.
s/ v. passes 1 [I;T] [T] (syns.) to go around, overtake: He drove faster in order to pass the truck in front of him on the highway. He drove faster in order to go around (or) overtake the truck in front of him on the highway. 3 [I] (syns.) to walk | ride, drive: She [I;T] (syn.) to qualify, esp. pass a test or requirement: She passed the physical exam to become a firefighter. She qualified on the physical exam to be a firefighter. 5 [T] (syn.) to approve (officially): Congress [T] (syn.) to hand (out) s.t. to s.o.: I passed copies of the book to everyone in the classroom. I handed copies of the book [I;T] [I] (syns.) to change, transform: The seasons passed slowly from winter to spring. The seasons changed (or) transformed slowly from winter to spring. 9 [T] (syns.) to spend, occupy (time): They passed the time reading magazines while waiting for the plane. They spent (or) occupied the time reading magazines while waiting for the plane. 10 [I] (syns.) to end, cease: He had a stomachache, but he knew the pain would pass soon. He had a stomachache, but he knew the pain would end (or) cease soon. 11 to bring to pass: to cause to happen: He thought we could never bring to pass such a big event as a rock concert, but we did! 12 to come to pass: to happen: I fear it will come to pass that the poor will always go hungry. 13 phrasal v. sep. [T] to pass s.t. along or down: to give s.t., esp. as an inheritance: My grandmother passed along her engagement ring to me.||She passed it along. 14 phrasal v. insep. [I] to pass away or on: to die: Her father passed away just last week. 15 phrasal v. insep. [T] to pass for s.o. or s.t.: to look like, seem to be: The teenage girl was tall enough to pass for an adult. 16 to pass judgment: to give an opinion: He did not want to pass judgment on what was right in the conflict between his friends. 17 phrasal v. [I] to pass out: to lose mental awareness, as from fear, fatigue, pain, or too much alcohol: He had too many drinks at the party and passed out on the couch. 18 phrasal v. sep. [T] to pass s.o. or s.t. off: to present s.o. or s.t. as that which they are not: She passed off her ring as a real diamond.||She passed it off as real. 19 to pass s.o. or s.t. over: to ignore: She made a big mistake, but he passed over that.||He passed it over. 20 phrasal v. sep. [T] to pass s.t. up: to miss s.t., let s.t. go: We were sorry we passed up their invitation to dinner.||We passed it up. 
n. passes 1 the act of moving by or through s.t.: The boy took (or) made a pass by the playground to see if any of his friends were there.||They made a pass through town late at night. 2 an attempt to do s.t.: She made a pass at writing the report. 3 a break in a mountain range that allows travel from one side to another: The hikers walked over the mountain pass into the valley. 4 a written or printed notice that gives one the right to enter some place: He showed his pass to the guard, who let him enter the building.||She gave us a free pass to see the new movie. 5 a result on a test that allows you to do s.t.: I earned a pass on my drivers test and was allowed to get my license. 6 (in sports) the act of passing a ball from one player to another: He made a good pass to help score the goal. 7 to make a pass at s.o.: to make a bold attempt to attract s.o.s sexual interest: She made a pass at him during the office party. 
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re, from Latin passus, step; see pace1.]
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