1. (

• pass

) go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" ;

2. (

• travel_by ,
• pass_by ,
• surpass ,
• go_past ,
• go_by ,
• pass ,

) move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" ;

3. (

• legislate ,
• pass ,

) make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time" ;

4. (

• elapse ,
• lapse ,
• pass ,
• slip_by ,
• glide_by ,
• slip_away ,
• go_by ,
• slide_by ,
• go_along ,

) pass by; "three years elapsed" ;

5. (

• pass ,
• hand ,
• reach ,
• pass_on ,
• turn_over ,
• give ,

) place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" ;

6. (

• run ,
• go ,
• pass ,
• lead ,
• extend ,

) stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets" ;

7. (

• pass ,
• overtake ,
• overhaul

) travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks" ;

8. (

• happen ,
• hap ,
• go_on ,
• pass_off ,
• occur ,
• pass ,
• fall_out ,
• come_about ,
• take_place

) come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" ;

9. (

• pass ,
• clear ,

) go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House" ;

10. (

• spend ,
• pass

) use up a period of time in a specific way; "how are you spending your summer vacation?" ;

11. (

• guide ,
• run ,
• draw ,
• pass

) pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" ;

12. (

• communicate ,
• pass_on ,
• pass ,
• pass_along ,
• put_across

) transmit information; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news" ;

13. (

• evanesce ,
• fade ,
• blow_over ,
• pass_off ,
• fleet ,
• pass ,

) disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" ;

14. (

• pass ,
• make_it ,

) go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now" ;

15. (

• exceed ,
• transcend ,
• overstep ,
• pass ,
• go_past ,
• top

) be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year" ;

16. (

• pass ,

) accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the student although he was weak" ;

17. (

• pass ,

) allow to go without comment or censure; "the insult passed as if unnoticed" ;

18. (

• pass ,

) transfer to another; of rights or property; "Our house passed under his official control" ;

19. (

• sink ,
• pass ,
• lapse ,

) pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana" ;

20. (

• pass ,

) throw (a ball) to another player; "Smith passed" ;

21. (

• fall ,
• return ,
• pass ,
• devolve ,

) be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" ;

22. (

• pass ,
• make_pass

) cause to pass; "She passed around the plates" ;

23. (

• authorize ,
• authorise ,
• pass ,
• clear ,

) grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography" ;

24. (

• die ,
• decease ,
• perish ,
• go ,
• exit ,
• pass_away ,
• expire ,
• pass ,
• kick_the_bucket ,
• cash_in_one's_chips ,
• buy_the_farm ,
• conk ,
• give-up_the_ghost ,
• drop_dead ,
• pop_off ,
• choke ,
• croak ,
• snuff_it

) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" ;

25. (

• excrete ,
• egest ,
• eliminate ,
• pass

) eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" ;

1. (

• antique ,
• demode ,
• ex ,
• old-fashioned ,
• old-hat ,
• outmoded ,
• passe ,
• passee

) out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas" ;