pass

pass n

ME paas < Fr. pas < L. passus, step, pace, track.

1. Narrow passage; difficult road; steep, rocky path.
2. Uncommon case; unusual circumstance; extreme condition; drastic instance.

pass [-ed, -es, -ing, past] v

Fr. pass-er, see pass, n.

1. Go by; move near and beyond.
2. Move; proceed; travel.
3. Move on; cross over a boundary; make a transition beyond what is known.
4. Die; transcend mortality; depart from mortal existence; move to another state of being.
5. Encounter; experience; come in contact with.
6. Disappear; vanish; depart.
7. Overcome; surmount.
8. Expire; elapse.
9. Surpass; exceed.
10. Be mistaken; be wrongly considered.
11. Spend; live through; while away.
12. Grow; sprout; bloom; blossom; develop; push upward.
13. Give; hand; bestow; confer.
14. Move through [a crowd.]
15. Happen; occur; come; approach; draw near.
16. Make it through successfully; be allowed to proceed; be approved by a judge in a trial.
17. Phrase. “In passing”: while moving by; nonchalantly.
18. Phrase. “Pass away”: die; come to an end; vanish.
19. Phrase. “Pass by”: go past; move near and beyond.
20. Phrase. “Pass on”: proceed; continue; leave.
21. Phrase. "Pass out of": delete from; remove from; take away from.