Meaning of pass | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Initialism of positive alternative to school suspension.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
2. 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.
3. A surname
4. A surname.
5. A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
   slang
6. Initialism of penile artery shunt syndrome.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
7. To be accepted as or believed to be: You could pass for a teenager. The fake painting passed for an original.
8. A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
9. Initialism of personal alert safety system.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
10. To lose consciousness.
11. A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
12. Used to remember how to use a fire extinguisher: pull the pin, aim at the base (of the fire), squeeze the handle/trigger, sweep from side to side.
    initialism, mnemonic
13. To leave out; disregard.
14. A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
15. To let go by; reject: pass up a chance for promotion; an opportunity too good to pass up.
16. An attempt.
17. To cause to happen.
18. A sexual advance (often in the phrase make a pass).
19. To occur.
20. Success in an examination or similar test.
21. To pass an examination or inspection; measure up to a given standard.
22. A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
23. To take up a collection of money.
24. A thrust; a sally of wit.
    figuratively
25. To exchange greetings or engage in pleasantries.
26. The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
27. To relinquish (responsibilities, for example) to another or others.
28. A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
29. Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
30. A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
31. An intentional walk.
32. The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.
33. The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
34. Estimation; character.
    obsolete
35. The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
36. An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
37. A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.

Equivalents

Examples

“mountain pass”

“"Try not the Pass!" the old man said; / "Dark lowers the tempest overhead, / The roaring torrent is deep and wide!" / And loud that clarion voice replied / Excelsior!”

“Followed two more weeks of marching,—rougher marching this time,—through the core of the lofty mountains that divide India from Central Asia; across the terrible Depsang Plains, seventeen thousand feet up; and over four passes choked with snow; till they came upon a deserted fort, set in the midst of stark space, and knew that here, indeed, was the limit of human habitation. Next day the work of exploration had begun in earnest.”

“the passes of the Mississippi”

“[The bear] made a pass at the dog, but he swung out and above him […]”

“My first pass at a career of writing proved unsuccessful.”

“The man kicked his friend out of the house after he made a pass at his wife.”

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

“Everyone in the football stadium expected a pass play on third down.”

“A ship sailing under the flag and pass of an enemy.”

“a railroad pass; a theater pass; a military pass”

“Smith was given a pass after Jones' double.”

“Albon made hard work of the result. Starting fourth, he dropped back to seventh at the second start and had to fight his way back up, which he did with some excellent passes.”

“England is growne to ſuch a paſſe of late, That rich men triumph to ſee the poore beg at their gate.”

“What, have his daughters brought him to this pass?”

“Matters have been brought to this pass, that, if one among a man's sons had any blemish, he laid him aside for the ministry...”

“"What with Robert strolling out with publicans' daughters, and you having affairs with bicycle-shop keepers, the family is coming to a pretty pass."”

“This passes, Master Ford.”

“The finished dishes are placed on the pass ready to be collected by the waiter.”

“A pass would have seen her win the game, but instead she gave a wrong answer and lost a point, putting her in second place.”

“Most Pascal compilers process source code in a single pass.”

“Anyone want to trade passes?”

“If you don't have your password set within a week I'll remove you from the userlist and I'll add you again next time I see you in the chan and make sure you set a pass.”

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