EGAVE

pass

About 53.63 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To change place. To move or be moved from one place to another.
    They passed from room to room.
  2. verb To move or be moved from one place to another.
    They passed from room to room.
  3. verb To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.
    You will pass a house on your right.
  4. verb To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another.
    The waiter passed biscuits and cheese.
  5. verb To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes.
    He was passing blood in both his urine and his stool.
  6. verb To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
  7. verb To make various kinds of movement. To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force. To move (the ball or puck) to a teammate. To make a lunge or swipe.
    The Patriots passed on third and long.
  8. verb To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.

Similar words

go through go by pass by pass on pass off elapse go past reach come about return

Often followed by

through the on to a from over into by

Word family

passed passer passers passes passing take a pass takes a pass taking a pass took a pass took a pass on

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