pass in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
pass in Hindi हिन्दी
pass in Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ
pass in Kashmiri कॉशुर
pass in Marathi मराठी
pass in Sindhi سنڌي
pass in Tamil தமிழ்
pass in English
- pass⇄expr. bring to pass, to cause to be; accomplish.
Ex. to bring a miracle to pass. - pass⇄expr. come to pass, to take place; happen.
Ex. The prophecy came to pass. - pass⇄expr. make passes at, to attempt to kiss or otherwise flirt with.
Ex. Men seldom make passes At girls who wear glasses (Dorothy Parker). - pass⇄expr. pass away,
a. to die.
Ex. Mr. Richard Williams ... passed away ... at the great age of ninety years (Law Times).
b. to come to an end.
Ex. Thus passed the winter away so rapidly (Frederick Marryat).
c. to while away - pass⇄expr. pass by,
a. to go or proceed past.
Ex. The countrymen ... would all look up When she pass'd by (Robert Southey).
b. (Figurative.) to fail to notice; overlook; disregard; ignore.
Ex. to pass by a mistake or an offense.pass⇄expr. pass muster. See under muster.pass⇄expr. pass off,
a. to go away; disappear gradually.
Ex. The smell of the paint will pass off in a few days.
b. to take place; be done.
Ex. In every sense the festival passed off as its promoters must have desired (London Times).pass⇄expr. pass on,
a. to proceed; advance.
Ex. Pass on, weak heart, and leave me where I lie (Tennyson).
b. to send or hand to the next member of a series.
Ex. Please read this and pass it on.
c. (Figurative.) to die.
Epass⇄expr. pass out,
a. to hand out or distribute.
Ex. Please pass out this test to the members of the class. Librarians ... are willing to pass out catalogs that have won their confidence (Publishers' Weekly).
b. (Slang.) to faint; lose cpass⇄expr. pass over,
a. to fail to notice; overlook; disregard.
Ex. to pass over a mistake. It is his glory to pass over a transgression (Proverbs 19:11).
b. (Figurative.) to die.
Ex. to pass over early in life.
c. to ignorepass⇄expr. pass the buck. See under buck (5).pass⇄expr. pass the hat. See under hat.pass⇄expr. pass up, to fail to take advantage of; give up; renounce; refuse.
Ex. to pass up the chance to go to college, to pass up dessert at dinner.pass⇄noun 1. the act of passing; passage.
Ex. With this arrangement we have a 90 per cent chance of intercepting every pass of a satellite which is higher than 300 miles (Scientific American).
2. success in an examination, test, or the like; passpass⇄pass (1), verb, passed,passedorpast,passing,noun.pass⇄pass (2), noun.
1. a narrow road, path, way, or channel, especially through mountains.
Ex. Many passes have become great roads of history.
2. a navigable channel, such as at the mouth or in the delta of a river.pass⇄v.i. 1. to go on; move on; make one's way.
Ex. The parade passed. The salesman passed from house to house.
(SYN) proceed, advance.
2. to go from person to person.
Ex. The property passed from father to son.
3. to go away;pass⇄v.t. 1. to go by; move past; leave behind.
Ex. We passed the big truck. They pass our house every day on the way to school.
2. to cause to go from one to another; hand around.
Ex. Please pass the butter. The old coin was passed around