Crossword-Solution: PASS
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| Pass | v. i. | To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the kind or manner of motion; as, to pass on, by, out, in, etc.; to pass swiftly, directly, smoothly, etc.; to pass to the rear, under the yoke, over the bridge, across the field, beyond the border, etc. |
| Pass | v. i. | To move or be transferred from one state or condition to another; to change possession, condition, or circumstances; to undergo transition; as, the business has passed into other hands. |
| Pass | v. i. | To move beyond the range of the senses or of knowledge; to pass away; hence, to disappear; to vanish; to depart; specifically, to depart from life; to die. |
| Pass | v. i. | To move or to come into being or under notice; to come and go in consciousness; hence, to take place; to occur; to happen; to come; to occur progressively or in succession; to be present transitorily. |
| Pass | v. i. | To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as, their vacation passed pleasantly. |
| Pass | v. i. | To go from one person to another; hence, to be given and taken freely; as, clipped coin will not pass; to obtain general acceptance; to be held or regarded; to circulate; to be current; -- followed by for before a word denoting value or estimation. |
| Pass | v. i. | To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to validity or effectiveness; to be carried through a body that has power to sanction or reject; to receive legislative sanction; to be enacted; as, the resolution passed; the bill passed both houses of Congress. |
| Pass | v. i. | To go through any inspection or test successfully; to be approved or accepted; as, he attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass. |
| Pass | v. i. | To be suffered to go on; to be tolerated; hence, to continue; to live along. |
| Pass | v. i. | To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance or opposition; as, we let this act pass. |
| Pass | v. i. | To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess. |
| Pass | v. i. | To take heed; to care. |
| Pass | v. i. | To go through the intestines. |
| Pass | v. i. | To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance; as, an estate passes by a certain clause in a deed. |
| Pass | v. i. | To make a lunge or pass; to thrust. |
| Pass | v. i. | To decline to take an optional action when it is one's turn, as to decline to bid, or to bet, or to play a card; in euchre, to decline to make the trump. |
| Pass | v. i. | In football, hockey, etc., to make a pass; to transfer the ball, etc., to another player of one's own side. |
| Pass | v. t. | To go by, beyond, over, through, or the like; to proceed from one side to the other of; as, to pass a house, a stream, a boundary, etc. |
| Pass | v. t. | To go from one limit to the other of; to spend; to live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer. |
| Pass | v. t. | To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard. |
| Pass | v. t. | To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed. |
| Pass | v. t. | To go successfully through, as an examination, trail, test, etc.; to obtain the formal sanction of, as a legislative body; as, he passed his examination; the bill passed the senate. |
| Pass | v. t. | To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another; to transmit; to deliver; to hand; to make over; as, the waiter passed bisquit and cheese; the torch was passed from hand to hand. |
| Pass | v. t. | To cause to pass the lips; to utter; to pronounce; hence, to promise; to pledge; as, to pass sentence. |
| Pass | v. t. | To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just; as, he passed the bill through the committee; the senate passed the law. |
| Pass | v. t. | To put in circulation; to give currency to; as, to pass counterfeit money. |
| Pass | v. t. | To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance; as, to pass a person into a theater, or over a railroad. |
| Pass | v. t. | To emit from the bowels; to evacuate. |
| Pass | v. t. | To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure. |
| Pass | v. t. | To make, as a thrust, punto, etc. |
| Pass | v. i. | An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier; a passageway; a defile; a ford; as, a mountain pass. |
| Pass | v. i. | A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary. |
| Pass | v. i. | A movement of the hand over or along anything; the manipulation of a mesmerist. |
| Pass | v. i. | A single passage of a bar, rail, sheet, etc., between the rolls. |
| Pass | v. i. | State of things; condition; predicament. |
| Pass | v. i. | Permission or license to pass, or to go and come; a psssport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission; as, a railroad or theater pass; a military pass. |
| Pass | v. i. | Fig.: a thrust; a sally of wit. |
| Pass | v. i. | Estimation; character. |
| Pass | v. i. | A part; a division. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| PASS | anagram | ASPS, ASSP, PSAS, SAPS, SPAS |
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Sentences with PASS (5)
Now, if they would make the effort in good temper, could they not with nearly equal unanimity frame and pass a law by means of which to keep good that unanimous oath? There is some difference of opinion whether this clause should be enforced by national or by State authority; but surely that difference is not a very material one.
She saw recognition come into his eyes as he was about to pass them the time of day and go on; once even she had to call him by name.
Soon he reached the fiery serpents, The Kenabeek, the great serpents, Lying huge upon the water, Sparkling, rippling in the water, Lying coiled across the passage, With their blazing crests uplifted, Breathing fiery fogs and vapors, So that none could pass beyond them.
Nor did _Israel_ scape Th’ infection when their borrow’d Gold compos’d The Calf in _Oreb_: and the Rebel King Doubl’d that sin in _Bethel_ and in _Dan_, Lik’ning his Maker to the Grazed Ox, _Jehovah_, who in one Night when he pass’d From _Egypt_ marching, equal’d with one stroke Both her first born and all her bleating Gods.
Thus it came to pass that between them both he very soon found that he had not a hair left on his head.
Quotes with PASS (3)
When love beckons to you follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you believe in him, Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden. For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches t…
I can't believe he didn't have the dignity and presence of mind just to get drunk and pass out in some gutter," said Jace. "I must say, I'm disappointed in the little fellow.
A woman's got one life: She's got to reach out and grab it with both hands, or it'll pass her by and leave nothing but a smelly old fart in her face.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Custom, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, The Atlantic, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 655 times in crossword archives (1943–2025).