pass
/pɑːs/ noun A2- 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. · mountain pass
- A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river. · the passes of the Mississippi
- A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
- A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
- An attempt. · My first pass at a career of writing proved unsuccessful.
- A sexual advance (often in the phrase make a pass). · The man kicked his friend out of the house after he made a pass at his wife.
- Success in an examination or similar test. · I gained three passes at A-level, in mathematics, French, and English literature.
- A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
Plural passes
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- pass along To deliver a message or item to its intended recipient.
- pass around To distribute something through a group by giving several...
- pass away To die.
- pass by To travel past without stopping.
- pass down To hand over, pass through or transfer to a lower level, ...
- pass off To happen.
- pass on To go forward.
- pass out To faint; to become unconscious.
- pass over Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, ...
- pass through To go through, to travel through, to transit or lie acros...
- pass up To refuse (not accept); forgo.
From the library
“’Tis nothing, nothing; it will soon pass away”—and as he said so the old man’s strength failed him, and he fell backwards.
It was a bit of good luck to have their new comrade join the party, for soon after they had begun their journey again they came to a place where the trees and branches grew so thick over the road that the travelers could not pass.
Père Pamphile had seen Dantès pass not ten minutes before; and assured that he was at the Catalans, they sat down under the budding foliage of the planes and sycamores, in the branches of which the birds were singing their welcome to one of the first days of spring.
A young Calf came up, and offered to go before and show him the way by which he could manage to pass.
Other matches
- pass To move or be moved from one place to another. A2
- pass A password C2
- PASS Used to remember how to use a fire extinguisher... C2
- pass along To deliver a message or item to its intended re...
- pass around To distribute something through a group by givi...
- pass away To die.
- pass by To travel past without stopping.
- pass down To hand over, pass through or transfer to a low...
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