1.  pass(n = noun.act) base on balls, walk - (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls"
is a kind of accomplishment, achievement

2.  pass(n = noun.time) - (military) a written leave of absence; "he had a pass for three days"
is a kind of leave, leave of absence

3.  pass(n = noun.act) passing, passing game, passing play - (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long"
is a kind of football play
has particulars: aerial, forward pass, lateral, lateral pass, spot pass
Derived form verb pass₂₀

4.  pass(n = noun.object) mountain pass, notch - the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; "we got through the pass before it started to snow"
is a kind of location
is a part of chain, chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range, range of mountains
has particulars: col, gap, defile, gorge, saddle, saddleback

5.  pass(n = noun.communication) passport - any authorization to pass or go somewhere; "the pass to visit had a strict time limit"
is a kind of permission
has particulars: safe-conduct, safeguard
Derived form verb pass₂₃

6.  pass(n = noun.communication) laissez passer - a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions; "the media representatives had special passes"
is a kind of permission
has particulars: boarding card, boarding pass, hall pass, ticket-of-leave

7.  pass(n = noun.act) - a flight or run by an aircraft over a target; "the plane turned to make a second pass"
is a kind of flight, flying

8.  pass(n = noun.state) strait, straits - a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs;
is a kind of situation
has particulars: desperate straits, dire straits

9.  pass(n = noun.event) head, straits - a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday"
is a kind of juncture, occasion

10.  pass(n = noun.event) - one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer); "it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass"
is a kind of cycle, oscillation

11.  pass(n = noun.communication) bye - you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round"
is a kind of conceding, concession, yielding
Derived form verb pass₁₆

12.  pass(n = noun.communication) liberty chit - a permit to enter or leave a military installation; "he had to show his pass in order to get out"
is a kind of licence, license, permit

13.  pass(n = noun.communication) - a complimentary ticket; "the star got passes for his family"
is a kind of ticket

14.  pass(n = noun.act) crack, fling, go, offer, whirl - a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
is a kind of attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try

15.  pass(n = noun.act) flip, toss - (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled"
is a kind of throw
has particulars: centering, snap

16.  pass(n = noun.act) passing, qualifying - success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"
is a kind of success

1.  pass(v = verb.motion) go across, go through - go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"
is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
Sample sentences: Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP

2.  pass(v = verb.motion) go by, go past, pass by, surpass, travel by - 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"
is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
Derived form noun passer₁
Sample sentences: These cars won't pass

3.  pass(v = verb.social) legislate - make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time"
is one way to enact, ordain
Derived form noun passage₄
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something

4.  pass(v = verb.motion) elapse, glide by, go along, go by, lapse, slide by, slip away, slip by - pass by; "three years elapsed"
is one way to advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP

5.  pass(v = verb.possession) give, hand, pass on, reach, turn over - 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"
is one way to transfer
Derived form noun passage₁₀
Sample sentences: They pass the food to the people; They pass the people the food

6.  pass(v = verb.stative) extend, go, lead, run - 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"
is one way to be
Sample sentences: Something is ----ing PP

7.  pass(v = verb.motion) overhaul, overtake - travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks"
is one way to advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress
Derived forms noun passage₉, noun passing₆, noun passing₃
Sample sentences: These cars won't pass

8.  pass(v = verb.change) come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass off, take place - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP; It ----s that CLAUSE

9.  pass(v = verb.social) clear - go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House"
is one way to bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something

10.  pass(v = verb.stative) spend - pass time in a specific way; "how are you spending your summer vacation?"
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

11.  pass(v = verb.contact) draw, guide, run - 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"
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something PP

12.  pass(v = verb.communication) communicate, pass along, pass on, put across - transmit information; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"
is one way to communicate, convey, transmit
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody

13.  pass(v = verb.change) blow over, evanesce, fade, fleet, pass off - disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"
is one way to disappear, go away, vanish
Derived form noun passing₄
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP

14.  pass(v = verb.social) make it - go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"
is one way to bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win
Antonym: fail
Derived forms noun passer₃, noun passing₇
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something

15.  pass(v = verb.stative) exceed, go past, overstep, top, transcend - be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"
is one way to excel, stand out, surpass
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

16.  pass(v = verb.social) - accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the student although he was weak"
is one way to evaluate, judge, pass judgment
Antonym: fail
Derived forms noun pass₁₁, noun passing₇
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody

17.  pass(v = verb.social) - allow to go without comment or censure; "the insult passed as if unnoticed"
is one way to allow, let, permit
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

18.  pass(v = verb.possession) - transfer to another; of rights or property; "Our house passed under his official control"
is one way to change
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP

19.  pass(v = verb.motion) lapse, sink - pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana"
is one way to move
Derived form noun passage₁
Sample sentences: Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP

20.  pass(v = verb.possession) - throw (a ball) to another player; "Smith passed"
is one way to throw
Derived forms noun pass₃, noun passer₄, noun passing₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody

21.  pass(v = verb.possession) devolve, fall, return - 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"
is one way to change hands, change owners
Sample sentences: Something ----s somebody

22.  pass(v = verb.motion) make pass - cause to pass; "She passed around the plates"
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

23.  pass(v = verb.communication) authorise, authorize, clear - grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"
is one way to allow, countenance, let, permit
Derived form noun pass₅
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

24.  pass(v = verb.change) buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, pop off, 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"
is one way to change state, turn
Derived form noun passing₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

25.  pass(v = verb.body) egest, eliminate, excrete - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
is one way to discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release
Derived form noun passing₅
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

   pass(a = adj.all) passing - of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play"

1.  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. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
"On high behests his angels to and fro
Passed frequent." [1913 Webster]
"Sweet sounds rose slowly through their mouths,
And from their bodies passed." [1913 Webster]

2.  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. [1913 Webster]
"Others, dissatisfied with what they have, . . . pass from just to unjust." [1913 Webster]

3.  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. [1913 Webster]
"Disturb him not, let him pass paceably." [1913 Webster]
"Beauty is a charm, but soon the charm will pass." [1913 Webster]
"The passing of the sweetest soul
That ever looked with human eyes." [1913 Webster]

4.  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. [1913 Webster]
"So death passed upon all men." [1913 Webster]
"Our own consciousness of what passes within our own mind." [1913 Webster]

5.  To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as, their vacation passed pleasantly. [1913 Webster]
"Now the time is far passed." [1913 Webster]

6.  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. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"False eloquence passeth only where true is not understood." [1913 Webster]
"This will not pass for a fault in him." [1913 Webster]

7.  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. [1913 Webster]

8.  To go through any inspection or test successfully; to be approved or accepted; as, he attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass. [1913 Webster]

9.  To be suffered to go on; to be tolerated; hence, to continue; to live along. Shak. [1913 Webster]

10.  To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance or opposition; as, we let this act pass. [1913 Webster]

11.  To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess. Shak. [1913 Webster]

12.  To take heed; to care. [1913 Webster]
"As for these silken-coated slaves, I pass not." [1913 Webster]

13.  To go through the intestines. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]

14.  To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance; as, an estate passes by a certain clause in a deed. Mozley & W. [1913 Webster]

15.  To make a lunge or pass; to thrust. [1913 Webster]

16.  To decline to play in one's turn; in euchre, to decline to make the trump. [1913 Webster]
"She would not play, yet must not pass." [1913 Webster]

1.  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. Milton. [1913 Webster]
"She loved me for the dangers I had passed." [1913 Webster]
"Please you that I may pass This doing." [1913 Webster]
"I pass their warlike pomp, their proud array." [1913 Webster]
"And strive to pass . . .
Their native music by her skillful art." [1913 Webster]
"Whose tender power
Passes the strength of storms in their most desolate hour." [1913 Webster]

2.  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. [1913 Webster]
"I had only time to pass my eye over the medals." [1913 Webster]
"Waller passed over five thousand horse and foot by Newbridge." [1913 Webster]
"Father, thy word is passed." [1913 Webster]

3.  To emit from the bowels; to evacuate. [1913 Webster]

4.  To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure. [1913 Webster]

5.  To make, as a thrust, punto, etc. Shak. [1913 Webster]

1.  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. [1913 Webster]
"“Try not the pass!” the old man said." [1913 Webster]

2.  A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary. Shak. [1913 Webster]

3.  A movement of the hand over or along anything; the manipulation of a mesmerist. [1913 Webster]

4.  A single passage of a bar, rail, sheet, etc., between the rolls. [1913 Webster]

5.  State of things; condition; predicament. [1913 Webster]
"Have his daughters brought him to this pass." [1913 Webster]
"Matters have been brought to this pass." [1913 Webster]

6.  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. [1913 Webster]
"A ship sailing under the flag and pass of an enemy." [1913 Webster]

7.  Fig.: a thrust; a sally of wit. Shak. [1913 Webster]

8.  Estimation; character. [1913 Webster]
"Common speech gives him a worthy pass." [1913 Webster]

9.  A part; a division. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

10.  In football, hockey, and other team sports, a transfer of the ball, puck, etc., to another player of one's own team, usually at some distance. In American football, the pass is through the air by an act of throwing the ball. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

pass, v. & n.
--v. (past part. passed) (see also PAST).
1 intr. (often foll. by along, by, down, on, etc.) move onward; proceed, esp. past some point of reference (saw the procession passing).
2 tr. a go past; leave (a thing etc.) on one side or behind in proceeding. b overtake, esp. in a vehicle. c go across (a frontier, mountain range, etc.).
3 intr. & tr. be transferred or cause to be transferred from one person or place to another (pass the butter; the title passes to his son).
4 tr. surpass; be too great for (it passes my comprehension).
5 intr. get through; effect a passage.
6 intr. a be accepted as adequate; go uncensored (let the matter pass). b (foll. by as, for) be accepted or currently known as. c US (of a person with some Black ancestry) be accepted as White.
7 tr. move; cause to go (passed her hand over her face; passed a rope round it).
8 a intr. (of a candidate in an examination) be successful. b tr. be successful in (an examination). c tr. (of an examiner) judge the performance of (a candidate) to be satisfactory.
9 a tr. (of a bill) be examined and approved by (a parliamentary body or process). b tr. cause or allow (a bill) to proceed to further legislative processes. c intr. (of a bill or proposal) be approved.
10 intr. a occur, elapse (the remark passed unnoticed; time passes slowly). b happen; be done or said (heard what passed between them).
11 a intr. circulate; be current. b tr. put into circulation (was passing forged cheques).
12 tr. spend or use up (a certain time or period) (passed the afternoon reading).
13 tr. (also absol.) (in field games) send (the ball) to another player of one's own side.
14 intr. forgo one's turn or chance in a game etc.
15 intr. (foll. by to, into) change from one form (to another).
16 intr. come to an end.
17 tr. discharge from the body as or with excreta.
18 tr. (foll. by on, upon) a utter (criticism) about. b pronounce (a judicial sentence) on.
19 intr. (often foll. by on, upon) adjudicate.
20 tr. not declare or pay (a dividend).
21 tr. cause (troops etc.) to go by esp. ceremonially.
--n.
1 an act or instance of passing.
2 a success in an examination. b Brit. the status of a university degree without honours.
3 written permission to pass into or out of a place, or to be absent from quarters.
4 a a ticket or permit giving free entry or access etc. b = free pass.
5 (in field games) a transference of the ball to another player on the same side.
6 a thrust in fencing.
7 a juggling trick.
8 an act of passing the hands over anything, as in conjuring or hypnotism.
9 a critical position (has come to a fine pass).

Idiom:
in passing
1 by the way.
2 in the course of speech, conversation, etc. make a pass at colloq. make amorous or sexual advances to.
pass away
1 euphem. die.
2 cease to exist; come to an end.
pass by
1 go past.
2 disregard, omit. passed pawn Chess a pawn that has advanced beyond the pawns on the other side. pass one's eye over read (a document etc.) cursorily. pass muster see MUSTER.
pass off
1 (of feelings etc.) disappear gradually.
2 (of proceedings) be carried through (in a specified way).
3 (foll. by as) misrepresent (a person or thing) as something else.
4 evade or lightly dismiss (an awkward remark etc.). pass on 1 proceed on one's way.
2 euphem. die.
3 transmit to the next person in a series.
pass out
1 become unconscious.
2 Brit. Mil. complete one's training as a cadet.
3 distribute.
pass over
1 omit, ignore, or disregard.
2 ignore the claims of (a person) to promotion or advancement.
3 euphem. die.
pass round
1 distribute.
2 send or give to each of a number in turn. pass through experience. pass the time of day see TIME. pass up colloq. refuse or neglect (an opportunity etc.). pass water urinate.

Derivative:
passer n.

pass, n.
1 a narrow passage through mountains.
2 a navigable channel, esp. at the mouth of a river.

Idiom:
sell the pass betray a cause.

Etymology:
ME, var. of PACE(1), infl. by F pas and by PASS(1)

N  method, way, manner, wise, gait, form, mode, fashion, tone, guise, modus operandi, MO, procedure, path, road, route, course, line of way, line of road, trajectory, orbit, track, beat, tack, steps, stair, staircase, flight of stairs, ladder, stile, perron, bridge, footbridge, viaduct, pontoon, steppingstone, plank, gangway, drawbridge, pass, ford, ferry, tunnel, pipe, door, gateway, channel, passage, avenue, means of access, approach, adit, artery, lane, loan, alley, aisle, lobby, corridor, back-door, back-stairs, secret passage, covert way, vennel, roadway, pathway, stairway, express, thoroughfare, highway, turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road, broad highway, King's highway, Queen's highway, beaten track, beaten path, horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path, walk, trottoir, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk, crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway, cut, short cut carrefour, private road, occupation road, highways and byways, railroad, railway, tram road, tramway, towpath, causeway, canal, street, speedway, adv, how, in what way, in what manner, by what mode, so, in this way, after this fashion, one way or another, anyhow, somehow or other, by way of, via, in transitu, on the high road to, hae tibi erunt artes.

N  state, condition, category, estate, lot, ease, trim, mood, pickle, plight, temper, aspect, dilemma, pass, predicament, constitution, habitude, diathesis, frame, fabric, stamp, set, fit, mold, mould, mode, modality, schesis, form, tone, tenor, turn, trim, guise, fashion, light, complexion, style, character, conditional, modal, formal, structural, organic, conditionally, as the matter stands, as things are, such being the case.

N  circumstance, situation, phase, position, posture, attitude, place, point, terms, regime, footing, standing, status, occasion, juncture, conjunctive, contingency, predicament, emergence, emergency, exigency, crisis, pinch, pass, push, occurrence, turning point, bearings, how the land lies, surroundings, context, environment, location, contingency, dependence (uncertainty), causation, attribution, circumstantial, given, conditional, provisional, critical, modal, contingent, incidental, adventitious, limitative, in the circumstances, under the circumstances, the circumstances, conditions, thus, in such wise, accordingly, that being the case, such being the case, in view of the circumstances, that being so, sith, since, seeing that, as matters stand, as things go, as times go, conditionally, provided, if, in case, if so, if so be, if it be so, depending on circumstances, in certain circumstances, under certain conditions, if it so happen, if it so turn out, in the event of, in such a contingency, in such a case, in such an event, provisionally, unless, without, according to circumstances, according to the occasion, as it may happen, as it may turn out, as it may be, as the case may be, as the wind blows, pro re nata, yet are my sins not those of circumstance.

VB  be superior, exceed, excel, transcend, outdo, outbalance, outweigh, outrank, outrival, out-Herod, pass, surpass, get ahead of, over-top, override, overpass, overbalance, overweigh, overmatch, top, o'ertop, cap, beat, cut out, beat hollow, outstrip, eclipse, throw into the shade, take the shine out of, outshine, put one's nose out of joint, have the upper hand, have the whip hand of, have the advantage, turn the scale, kick the beam, play first fiddle, preponderate, predominate, prevail, precede, take precedence, come first, come to a head, culminate, beat all others, bear the palm, break the record, take the cake, become larger, render larger.

N  difficulty, hardness, impracticability, tough work, hard work, uphill work, hard task, Herculean task, Augean task, task of Sisyphus, Sisyphean labor, tough job, teaser, rasper, dead lift, dilemma, embarrassment, deadlock, perplexity, intricacy, entanglement, complexity, cross fire, awkwardness, delicacy, ticklish card to play, knot, Gordian knot, dignus vindice nodus, net, meshes, maze, coil, crooked path, involvement, nice point, delicate point, subtle point, knotty point, vexed question, vexata quaestio, poser, puzzle, paradox, hard nut to crack, nut to crack, bone to pick, crux, pons asinorum, where the shoe pinches, nonplus, quandary, strait, pass, pinch, pretty pass, stress, brunt, critical situation, crisis, trial, rub, emergency, exigency, scramble, scrape, hobble, slough, quagmire, hot water, hornet's nest, sea of troubles, peck of troubles, pretty kettle of fish, pickle, stew, imbroglio, mess, ado, false position, set fast, stand, standstill, deadlock, dead set, fix, horns of a dilemma, cul de sac, hitch, stumbling block, crab, curmudgeon, difficult, not easy, hard, tough, troublesome, toilsome, irksome, operose, laborious, onerous, arduous, Herculean, formidable, sooner said than done, more easily said than done, easier said than done, difficult to deal with, hard to deal with, ill-conditioned, crabbed, crabby, not to be handled with kid gloves, not made with rose water, awkward, unwieldy, unmanageable, intractable, stubborn, perverse, refractory, plaguy, trying, thorny, rugged, knotted, knotty, invious, pathless, trackless, labyrinthine, intricate, complicated, impracticable, not feasible, desperate, embarrassing, perplexing, delicate, ticklish, critical, beset with difficulties, full of difficulties, surrounded by difficulties, entangled by difficulties, encompassed with difficulties, under a difficulty, in a box, in difficulty, in hot water, in the suds, in a cleft stick, in a fix, in the wrong box, in a scrape, in deep water, in a fine pickle, in extremis, between two stools, between Scylla and Charybdis, surrounded by shoals, surrounded by breakers, surrounded by quicksands, at cross purposes, not out of the wood, reduced to straits, hard pressed, sorely pressed, run hard, pinched, put to it, straitened, hard up, hard put to it, hard set, put to one's shifts, puzzled, at a loss, at the end of one's tether, at the end of one's rope, at one's wit's end, at a nonplus, at a standstill, graveled, nonplused, nonplussed, stranded, aground, stuck fast, set fast, up a tree, at bay, aux abois, driven into a corner, driven from pillar to post, driven to extremity, driven to one's wit's end, driven to the wall, au bout de son Latin, out of one's depth, thrown out, accomplished with difficulty, hard-fought, hard-earned, with difficulty, with much ado, barely, hardly, uphill, against the stream, against the grain, d rebours, invita Minerva, in the teeth of, at a pinch, upon a pinch, at long odds, against long odds, ay there's the rub, hic labor hoc opus, things are come to a pretty pass, ab inconvenienti, ad astra per aspera, acun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.

N  attack, assault, assault and battery, onset, onslaught, charge, aggression, offense, incursion, inroad, invasion, irruption, outbreak, estrapade, ruade, coupe de main, sally, sortie, camisade, raid, foray, run at, run against, dead set at, storm, storming, boarding, escalade, siege, investment, obsession, bombardment, cannonade, fire, volley, platoon fire, file fire, fusillade, sharpshooting, broadside, raking fire, cross fire, volley of grapeshot, whiff of the grape, feu d'enfer, cut, thrust, lunge, pass, passado, carte and tierce, home thrust, coupe de bec, kick, punch, battue, razzia, Jacquerie, dragonnade, devastation, eboulement, assailant, aggressor, invader, base of operations, point of attack, echelon, attacking, aggressive, offensive, obsidional, up in arms, on the offensive, Int, up and at them!, the din of arms, the yell of savage rage, the shriek of agony, the groan of death, their fatal hands no second stroke intend, thirst for glory quells the love of life.

N  permission, leave, allowance, sufferance, tolerance, toleration, liberty, law, license, concession, grace, indulgence, favor, dispensation, exemption, release, connivance, vouchsafement, authorization, warranty, accordance, admission, permit, warrant, brevet, precept, sanction, authority, firman, hukm, pass, passport, furlough, license, carte blanche, ticket of leave, grant, charter, patent, letters patent, permitting, permissive, indulgent, permitted, patent, chartered, permissible, allowable, lawful, legitimate, legal, legalized, licit, unforbid, unforbidden, unconditional, by leave, with leave, on leave, speciali gratia, under favor of, pace, ad libitum, by all means, yes, avec permissin, brevet d'invention.

VB  elapse, lapse, flow, run, proceed, advance, pass, roll on, wear on, press on, flit, fly, slip, slide, glide, run its course, run out, expire, go by, pass by, be past.

VB  be past, have expired, have run its course, have had its day, pass, pass by, go by, pass away, go away, pass off, go off, lapse, blow over, look back, trace back, cast the eyes back, exhume.

VB  transfer, convey, alienate, alien, assign, grant, consign, make over, hand over, pass, hand, transmit, negotiate, hand down, exchange, change hands, change hands from one to another, devolve, succeed, come into possession, abalienate, disinherit, dispossess, substitute.

VB  deliver, hand, pass, put into the hands of, hand over, make over, deliver over, pass over, turn over, assign dower, present, give away, dispense, dispose of, give out, deal out, dole out, mete out, fork out, squeeze out, pay, render, impart, communicate, concede, cede, yield, part with, shed, cast, spend, give, bestow, confer, grant, accord, award, assign, intrust, consign, vest in, make a present, allow, contribute, subscribe, furnish its quota, invest, endow, settle upon, bequeath, leave, devise, furnish, supply, help, administer to, afford, spare, accommodate with, indulge with, favor with, shower down upon, lavish, pour on, thrust upon, tip, bribe, tickle the palm, grease the palm, offer, sacrifice, immolate.

N  eventuality, event, occurrence, incident, affair, matter, thing, episode, happening, proceeding, contingency, juncture, experience, fact, matter of fact, naked fact, bare facts, just the facts, phenomenon, advent, business, concern, transaction, dealing, proceeding, circumstance, particular, casualty, accident, adventure, passage, crisis, pass, emergency, contingency, consequence, opportunity (occasion), the world, life, things, doings, affairs in general, things in general, affairs in general, the times, state of affairs, order of the day, course of things, tide of things, stream of things, current of things, run of things, march of things, course of events, ups and downs of life, vicissitudes of life, chapter of accidents, situation, happening, going on, doing, current, in the wind, in the air, afloat, on foot, afoot, on the tapis, at issue, in question, incidental, eventful, stirring, bustling, full of incident, memorable, momentous, signal, eventually, in the event of, in case, just in case, in the course of things, as things, times go, as the world goes, wags, as the tree falls, cat jumps, as it may turn out, happen, that's the way the ball bounces, that's the way the cookie crumbles, you never know what may turn up, you never know what the future will bring, the plot thickens, breasts the blows of circumstance, so runs round of life from hour to hour, sprinkled along the waste of years.

VB  happen, occur, take place, take effect, come, become of, come off, comeabout, come round, come into existence, come forth, come to pass, come on, pass, present itself, fall, fall out, turn out, run, be on foot, fall in, befall, betide, bechance, prove, eventuate, draw on, turn up, crop up, spring up, pop up, arise, show up, show its face, appear, come forth, cast up, supervene, survene, issue, arrive, ensue, arise, start, hold, take its course, pass off, meet with, experience, enjoy, encounter, undergo, suffer, pass through, go through, be subjected to, be exposed to, fall to the lot of, be one's chance, be one's fortune, be one's lot, find, endure.

N  cheapness, low price, depreciation, bargain, good penny worth, snap, gratuity, free quarters, free seats, free admission, pass, free pass, free warren, give-away, freebee, run of one's teeth, nominal price, peppercorn rent, labor of love, drug in the market, deadhead, cheap, low, low priced, moderate, reasonable, inexpensive, unexpensive, well worth the money, worth the money, magnifique et pas cher, good at the price, cheap at the price, dirt cheap, dog cheap, cheap, cheap as dirt, cheap and nasty, catchpenny, discounted, half-price, depreciated, unsalable, gratuitous, gratis, free, for nothing, costless, expenseless, without charge, not charged, untaxed, scotfree, shotfree, rent-free, free of cost, free of expense, honorary, unbought, unpaid, for a mere song, for a song, at cost, at cost price, at prime cost, at a reduction, a bon marche.

N  interval, interspace, separation, break, gap, opening, hole, chasm, hiatus, caesura, interruption, interregnum, interstice, lacuna, cleft, mesh, crevice, chink, rime, creek, cranny, crack, chap, slit, fissure, scissure, rift, flaw, breach, rent, gash, cut, leak, dike, ha-ha, gorge, defile, ravine, canon, crevasse, abyss, abysm, gulf, inlet, frith, strait, gully, pass, furrow, abra, barranca, barranco, clove, gulch, notch, yawning gulf, hiatus maxime, hiatus valde deflendus, parenthesis, void, incompleteness, period, interim (time), with an interval, far between, breachy, rimose, rimulose, at intervals, longo intervallo.

N  narrowness, thinness, narrowness, closeness, exility, exiguity, line, hair's breadth, finger's breadth, strip, streak, vein, monolayer, epitaxial deposition, thinness, tenuity, emaciation, macilency, marcor, shaving, slip, thread paper, skeleton, shadow, anatomy, spindleshanks, lantern jaws, mere skin and bone, middle constriction, stricture, neck, waist, isthmus, wasp, hourglass, ridge, ghaut, ghat, pass, ravine, narrowing, coarctation, angustation, tapering, contraction, narrow, close, slender, thin, fine, thread-like, finespun, gossamer, paper-thin, taper, slim, slight-made, scant, scanty, spare, delicate, incapacious, contracted, unexpanded &c (expand), slender as a thread, emaciated, lean, meager, gaunt, macilent, lank, lanky, weedy, skinny, scrawny slinky, starved, starveling, herring gutted, worn to a shadow, lean as a rake, thin as a lath, thin as a whipping post, thin as a wafer, hatchet-faced, lantern-jawed, attenuated, shriveled, extenuated, tabid, marcid, barebone, rawboned, monomolecular.

VB  be in motion, move, go, hie, gang, budge, stir, pass, flit, hover about, hover round, hover about, shift, slide, glide, roll, roll on, flow, stream, run, drift, sweep along, wander, walk, change one's place, shift one's place, change one's quarters, shift one's quarters, dodge, keep going, keep moving, put in motion, set in motion, move, impel, propel, render movable, mobilize.

VB  pass, pass through, perforate, penetrate, permeate, thread, thrid, enfilade, go through, go across, go over, pass over, cut across, ford, cross, pass and repass, work, make one's way, thread one's way, worm one's way, force one's way, make a passage form a passage, cut one's way through, find its way, find its vent, transmit, make way, clear the course, traverse, go over the ground.

VB  transgress, surpass, pass, go beyond, go by, show in front, come to the front, shoot ahead of, steal a march upon, steal a gain upon, overstep, overpass, overreach, overgo, override, overleap, overjump, overskip, overlap, overshoot the mark, outstrip, outleap, outjump, outgo, outstep, outrun, outride, outrival, outdo, beat, beat hollow, distance, leave in the lurch, leave in the rear, throw into the shade, exceed, transcend, surmount, soar, encroach, trespass, infringe, trench upon, entrench on, intrench on, strain, stretch a point, strain a point, cross the Rubicon.

VB  disappear, vanish, dissolve, fade, melt away, pass, go, avaunt, evaporate, vaporize, be gone, leave no trace, leave 'not a rack behind', go off the stage, suffer an eclipse, undergo an eclipse, retire from sight, be lost to view, pass out of sight, lose sight of, efface.

N  teaching, instruction, edification, education, tuition, tutorage, tutelage, direction, guidance, opsimathy, qualification, preparation, training, schooling, discipline, excitation, drill, practice, book exercise, persuasion, proselytism, propagandism, propaganda, indoctrination, inculcation, inoculation, advise, explanation, lesson, lecture, sermon, apologue, parable, discourse, prolection, preachment, chalk talk, Chautauqua, exercise, task, curriculum, course, course of study, grammar, three R's, initiation, A, B, C, elementary education, primary education, secondary education, technical education, college education, collegiate education, military education, university education, liberal education, classical education, religious education, denominational education, moral education, secular education, propaedeutics, moral tuition, gymnastics, calisthenics, physical drill, physical education, sloyd, phonics, rote, rote memorization, brute memory, cooperative learning, Montessori method, ungraded classes, test, examination, exam, final exam, mid-term exam grade, score, marks, A, B, C, D, E, F, gentleman's C, pass, fail, incomplete, homework, take-home lesson, exercise for the student, theme, project, teaching, taught, educational, scholastic, academic, doctrinal, disciplinal, instructive, instructional, didactic, propaedeutic, propaedeutical, the schoolmaster abroad, a bovi majori disscit arare minor, adeo in teneris consuecere multum est, docendo discimus, quaenocent docent, qui docet discit, sermons in stones and good in everything.

N  indication, symbolism, symbolization, semiology, semiotics, semeiology, semeiotics, Zeitgeist, characteristic, diagnostic, lineament, feature, trait, fingerprint, voiceprint, footprint, noseprint, cloven hoof, footfall, recognition (memory), diagnostic, divining rod, detector, sign, symbol, index, indice, indicator, point, pointer, exponent, note, token, symptom, dollar sign, dollar mark, type, figure, emblem, cipher, device, representation, epigraph, motto, posy, gesture, gesticulation, pantomime, wink, glance, leer, nod, shrug, beck, touch, nudge, dactylology, dactylonomy, freemasonry, telegraphy, chirology, byplay, dumb show, cue, hint, clue, clew, key, scent, signal, signal post, rocket, blue light, watch fire, watch tower, telegraph, semaphore, flagstaff, cresset, fiery cross, calumet, heliograph, guidon, headlight, mark, scratch, line, stroke, dash, score, stripe, streak, tick, dot, point, notch, nick, print, imprint, impress, impression, keyboard symbols, printing symbols, red letter, italics, sublineation, underlining, bold font, jotting, note, annotation, reference, blaze, cedilla, guillemets, hachure, quotation marks, ", double quotes, " ", parentheses, "( )", brackets, "", braces, "", left arrow, "<", right arrow, ">", forward slash, "/", backward slash, "\", exclamation point, "!", commercial at, "@", pound sign, "#", percent sign, "%", carat, "", ampersand, "&", asterisk, "*", hyphen, "-", dash, "-", "_", em dash, "--", plus sign, "+", equals sign, "=", question mark, "?", period, ", ", semicolon, ", ", colon, ":", comma, ", ", apostrophe, "'", single quote, "'", tilde, "~", badge, criterion, countercheck, countermark, countersign, counterfoil, duplicate, tally, label, ticket, billet, letter, counter, check, chip, chop, dib, totem, tessera, card, bill, witness, voucher, stamp, cacher, trade mark, Hall mark, signature, mark, autograph, autography, attestation, hand, hand writing, sign manual, cipher, seal, sigil, signet, hand and seal, paraph, brand, superscription, indorsement, endorsement, password, watchword, catchword, security card, pass, passkey, credentials, open sesame, timbrology, mot de passe, mot du guet, pass-parole, shibboleth, title, heading, docket, address card, visiting card, carte de visite, insignia, banner, banneret, bannerol, bandrol, flag, colors, streamer, standard, eagle, labarum, oriflamb, oriflamme, figurehead, ensign, pennon, pennant, pendant, burgee, blue Peter, jack, ancient, gonfalon, union jack, banderole, old glory, quarantine flag, vexillum, yellow-flag, yellow jack, tricolor, stars and stripes, bunting, heraldry, crest, coat of arms, arms, armorial bearings, hatchment, escutcheon, scutcheon, shield, supporters, livery, uniform, cockade, epaulet, chevron, garland, love knot, favor, beacon, cairn, post, staff, flagstaff, hand, pointer, vane, cock, weathercock, guidepost, handpost, fingerpost, directing post, signpost, pillars of Hercules, pharos, bale-fire, beacon-fire, l'etoile du Nord, landmark, seamark, lighthouse, balize, polestar, loadstar, lodestar, cynosure, guide, address, direction, name, sign, signboard, warning, omen, prefigurement, trace, record, warning &c, alarm, scepter, trophy, gauge, milestone, milepost, brand, fool's cap, check, telltale, test, mileage ticket, milliary, notification, advertisement, word of command, call, bugle call, trumpet call, bell, alarum, cry, battle cry, rallying cry, angelus, reveille, sacring bell, sanctus bell, exposition &c (explanation), proof, pattern, indicating, indicative, indicatory, denotative, connotative, diacritical, representative, typical, symbolic, pantomimic, pathognomonic, symptomatic, characteristic, demonstrative, diagnostic, exponential, emblematic, armorial, individual, known by, recognizable by, indicated, pointed, marked, denotable, indelible, in token of, symbolically, in dumb show, ecce signum, ex ungue leonem, ex pede Herculem, vide ut supra, vultus ariete fortior.

boarding pass, brenner pass, bring to pass, come to pass, donner pass, flare pass, forward pass, hall pass, khyber pass, lateral pass, let pass, make pass, mountain pass, pass across, pass along, pass around, pass away, pass by, pass catcher, pass completion, pass for, pass judgment, pass muster, pass off, pass on, pass out, pass over, pass receiver, pass the buck, pass through, pass up, pass water, pass with flying colors, screen pass, sea pass, spot pass