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Die vs. Pass — What's the Difference?

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Die

(of a person, animal, or plant) stop living
The king died a violent death
He died of tuberculosis
Trees are dying from acid rain

Pass

To move on or ahead; proceed
The train passed through fields of wheat.

Die

Be very eager for something
They must be dying for a drink
He's dying to meet you

Pass

To extend; run
The river passes through our land.

Die

Have an orgasm.
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Pass

To move by or in front of something
The band passed and the crowd cheered.

Die

Singular form of dice

Pass

To move past another vehicle
The sports car passed on the right.

Die

A device for cutting or moulding metal into a particular shape.

Pass

To gain passage despite obstacles
Pass through difficult years.

Die

The cubical part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice; a dado or plinth.

Pass

To move past in time; elapse
The days passed quickly.

Die

To stop living; become dead; expire
Plants that died in the first frost of the season.

Pass

To be transferred from one to another; circulate
The wine passed around the table.

Die

To cease existing, often gradually; fade
The sunlight died in the west.

Pass

(Sports) To transfer a ball or puck to a teammate.

Die

To experience an intense, seemingly unbearable reaction to something
Nearly died of embarrassment.

Pass

To be communicated or exchanged between persons
Loud words passed in the corridor.

Die

(Informal) To want something very much. Usually used in the progressive aspect
I am dying for a box of chocolates. She was dying to see the exhibit.

Pass

To be transferred or conveyed to another by will or deed
The title passed to the older heir.

Die

To stop working or operating
The motor died when we ran out of gas.

Pass

To undergo transition from one condition, form, quality, or characteristic to another
Daylight passed into darkness.

Die

To become indifferent
Had died to all worldly concerns.

Pass

To come to an end
My anger suddenly passed. The headache finally passed.

Die

To cut, form, or stamp with or as if with a die.

Pass

To cease to exist; die. Often used with on
The patient passed on during the night.

Die

A small cube marked on each side with from one to six dots, usually used in pairs in gambling and in various other games.

Pass

To happen; take place
Wanted to know what had passed at the meeting.

Die

Dice (used with a sing. verb) A game of chance using dice.

Pass

To be allowed to happen without notice or challenge
Let their rude remarks pass.

Die

An engraved metal piece used for impressing a design onto a softer metal, as in coining money.

Pass

Sports & Games To decline one's turn to bid, draw, bet, compete, or play.

Die

One of several component pieces that are fitted into a diestock to cut threads on screws or bolts.

Pass

To decline an offer
When we offered him dessert, he passed.

Die

A part on a machine that punches shaped holes in, cuts, or forms sheet metal, cardboard, or other stock.

Pass

To undergo an examination or a trial with favorable results.

Die

A metal block containing small conical holes through which plastic, metal, or other ductile material is extruded or drawn.

Pass

To serve as a barely acceptable substitute
The spare tire was nearly bald but would pass until we bought a new one.

Die

Pl. dies(Architecture)The dado of a pedestal, especially when cube-shaped.

Pass

To be accepted as a member of a group by denying one's own ancestry or background.

Die

(intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

Pass

To be approved or adopted
The motion to adjourn passed.

Die

Followed by of; general use:
He died of malaria.

Pass

To make a decision
To pass upon a legal question.

Die

Followed by from; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicineSciences:}}
He died from heart failure.

Pass

To convey property to an heir or heirs
To pass according to the terms of the will.

Die

Followed by for; often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes:
He died for the one he loved.

Pass

(Medicine) To be discharged from a bodily part
The patient had a lot of pain when the kidney stone passed.

Die

Followed by with as an indication of direct cause:

Pass

(Sports) To thrust or lunge in fencing.

Die

Followed by to as an indication of direct cause (like from):
I can't believe I just died to a turret!

Pass

To go by without stopping; proceed beyond or leave behind
The bus passed a gas station.

Die

(still current) followed by with as an indication of manner:
She died with dignity.

Pass

To go across; go through
We passed the border into Mexico.

Die

(transitive) To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
He died a hero's death.
They died a thousand deaths.

Pass

To allow to go by or elapse; spend
He passed his winter in Vermont.

Die

To yearn intensely.
I'm dying for a packet of crisps.
I'm dying for a piss.

Pass

To go by without paying attention to; disregard or ignore
If you pass the new photographs in the collection, you'll miss some outstanding ones.

Die

To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
The day our sister eloped, she died to our mother.

Pass

To fail to pay (a dividend).

Die

To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
He died a little inside each time she refused to speak to him.

Pass

To go beyond; surpass
The inheritance passed my wildest dreams.

Die

To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
If anyone sees me wearing this ridiculous outfit, I'll die.

Pass

To undergo (a trial or examination) with favorable results
She passed every test.

Die

To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
When I found out my two favorite musicians would be recording an album together, I literally planned my own funeral arrangements and died.

Pass

To cause or allow to go through a trial, test, or examination successfully
The instructor passed all the candidates.

Die

To stop working; to break down or otherwise lose "vitality".
My car died in the middle of the freeway this morning.
Sorry I couldn't call you. My phone died.
My battery died and my charger was at home.

Pass

To cause to move
We passed our hands over the fabric.

Die

To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).

Pass

To cause to move into a certain position
Pass a ribbon around a package.

Die

To expire at the end of the session of a legislature without having been brought to a vote.
The proposed gas tax died after the powerful rural senator refused to let it out of committee.

Pass

To cause to move as part of a process
Pass liquid through a filter.

Die

To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.

Pass

To cause to go by
The sergeant passed his troops before the grandstand.

Die

To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.

Pass

To allow to cross a barrier
The border guard passed the tourists.

Die

(often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
To die to pleasure or to sin

Pass

(Baseball) To walk (a batter).

Die

(architecture) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.

Pass

To maneuver (the bull) by means of a pase in bullfighting.

Die

To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.

Pass

To cause to be transferred from one to another; circulate
They passed the news quickly.

Die

(of a stand-up comedian or a joke) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.
Then there was that time I died onstage in Montreal...

Pass

To hand over to someone else
Please pass the bread.

Die

Obsolete spelling of dye

Pass

(Sports) To transfer (a ball, for example) to a teammate, as by throwing.

Die

The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.

Pass

To cause to be accepted; circulate fraudulently
Pass counterfeit money.

Die

A device for cutting into a specified shape.

Pass

(Law) To convey (property) to an heir or heirs
To pass an estate.

Die

A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)

Pass

(Medicine) To discharge (a waste product, for example) from a bodily part.

Die

A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.

Pass

(Medicine) To introduce (an instrument) into a bodily cavity.

Die

An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.

Pass

To approve; adopt
The legislature passed the bill.

Die

An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.

Pass

To be sanctioned, ratified, or approved by
The bill passed the House of Representatives.

Die

Any small cubical or square body.

Pass

To pronounce; utter
Pass judgment.
Pass sentence on an offender.

Die

An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.
Most dice are six-sided.
I rolled the die and moved 2 spaces on the board.

Pass

The act of passing; passage.

Die

(obsolete) That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.

Pass

A way, such as a narrow gap between mountains, that affords passage around, over, or through a barrier.

Die

Obsolete spelling of dye

Pass

A permit, ticket, or authorization to come and go at will.

Die

To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of the vital functions; to become dead; to expire; to perish; - said of animals and vegetables; often with of, by, with, from, and rarely for, before the cause or occasion of death; as, to die of disease or hardships; to die by fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought.
To die by the roadside of grief and hunger.
She will die from want of care.

Pass

A free ticket entitling one to transportation or admission.

Die

To suffer death; to lose life.
In due time Christ died for the ungodly.

Pass

Written leave of absence from military duty.

Die

To perish in any manner; to cease; to become lost or extinct; to be extinguished.
Letting the secret die within his own breast.
Great deeds can not die.

Pass

A passing grade, especially when graded using a pass-fail grading system.

Die

To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
His heart died within, and he became as a stone.
The young men acknowledged, in love letters, that they died for Rebecca.

Pass

A sweep or run, as by an aircraft, over or toward an area or target.

Die

To become indifferent; to cease to be subject; as, to die to pleasure or to sin.

Pass

A single complete cycle of operations, as by a machine or computer program.

Die

To recede and grow fainter; to become imperceptible; to vanish; - often with out or away.
Blemishes may die away and disappear amidst the brightness.

Pass

A condition or situation, often critical in nature; a predicament
Contract negotiations that had come to an emotional pass.

Die

To disappear gradually in another surface, as where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.

Pass

A sexual invitation or overture
Was he making a pass at her?.

Die

To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
"There is one certain way," replied the Prince [William of Orange] " by which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin, - I will die in the last ditch."

Pass

A motion of the hand or the waving of a wand
The magician made a pass over the hat.

Die

A small cube, marked on its faces with spots from one to six, and used in playing games by being shaken in a box and thrown from it. See Dice.

Pass

(Sports) A transfer of a ball or puck between teammates.

Die

Any small cubical or square body.
Words . . . pasted upon little flat tablets or dies.

Pass

(Sports) A lunge or thrust in fencing.

Die

That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
Such is the die of war.

Pass

(Baseball) A base on balls.

Die

That part of a pedestal included between base and cornice; the dado.

Pass

Sports & Games A refusal to bid, draw, bet, compete, or play.

Die

A metal or plate (often one of a pair) so cut or shaped as to give a certain desired form to, or impress any desired device on, an object or surface, by pressure or by a blow; used in forging metals, coining, striking up sheet metal, etc.

Pass

(Games) A winning throw of the dice in craps.

Die

Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces; used to generate random numbers

Pass

A pase in bullfighting.

Die

A device used for shaping metal

Pass

To change place.

Die

A cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods

Pass

(intransitive) To move or be moved from one place to another.
They passed from room to room.

Die

Pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;
She died from cancer
They children perished in the fire
The patient went peacefully

Pass

(transitive) 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.

Die

Suffer or face the pain of death;
Martyrs may die every day for their faith

Pass

(ditransitive) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another.
The waiter passed biscuits and cheese.
John passed Suzie a note.
The torch was passed from hand to hand.

Die

Be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame;
I was dying with embarrassment when my little lie was discovered
We almost died laughing during the show

Pass

To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes.
He was passing blood in both his urine and his stool.
The poison had been passed by the time of the autopsy.

Die

Stop operating or functioning;
The engine finally went
The car died on the road
The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town
The coffee maker broke
The engine failed on the way to town
Her eyesight went after the accident

Pass

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

Die

Feel indifferent towards;
She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery

Pass

(sport) To make various kinds of movement.

Die

Languish as with love or desire;
She dying for a cigarette
I was dying to leave

Pass

(intransitive) To go from one person to another.

Die

Cut or shape with a die;
Die out leather for belts

Pass

(transitive) To put in circulation; to give currency to.
Pass counterfeit money

Die

To be on base at the end of an inning, of a player

Pass

To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance.
Pass a person into a theater or over a railroad

Die

Lose sparkle or bouquet;
Wine and beer can pall

Pass

To put through a sieve.
When it's finished cooking, you should pass the sauce to get rid of any lumps.

Die

Disappear or come to an end;
Their anger died
My secret will die with me!

Pass

To change in state or status

Die

Suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense);
Whosoever..believes in me shall never die

Pass

(intransitive) To progress from one state to another; to advance.
He passed from youth into old age.

Pass

(intransitive) To depart, to cease, to come to an end.
At first, she was worried, but that feeling soon passed.

Pass

(intransitive) To die.
His grandmother passed yesterday.

Pass

To achieve a successful outcome from.
He attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass.
Of the Ancient Wonders, only the pyramids have passed the test of time.

Pass

To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to become valid or effective; to obtain the formal sanction of (a legislative body).
Despite the efforts of the opposition, the bill passed.
The bill passed both houses of Congress.
The bill passed the Senate, but did not pass in the House.

Pass

To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance.
The estate passes by the third clause in Mr Smith's deed to his son.
When the old king passed away with only a daughter as an heir, the throne passed to a woman for the first time in centuries.

Pass

(transitive) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just.
He passed the bill through the committee.

Pass

To make a judgment on or upon a person or case.

Pass

(transitive) To utter; to pronounce; to pledge.

Pass

(intransitive) To change from one state to another (without the implication of progression).

Pass

To move through time.

Pass

To elapse, to be spent.
Their vacation passed pleasantly.

Pass

To spend.
What will we do to pass the time?

Pass

(transitive) To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.

Pass

(intransitive) To continue.

Pass

(intransitive) To proceed without hindrance or opposition.
You're late, but I'll let it pass.

Pass

(transitive) To live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.

Pass

(intransitive) To happen.
It will soon come to pass.

Pass

To be accepted.

Pass

To be tolerated as a substitute for something else, to "do".
It isn't ideal, but it will pass.

Pass

To be accepted by others as a member of a race, sex, or other group to which one does not belong or would not have originally appeared to belong; especially to be considered white although one has black ancestry, or a woman although one was assigned male at birth or vice versa.

Pass

To refrain from doing something.

Pass

(intransitive) To decline something that is offered or available.
He asked me to go to the cinema with him, but I think I'll pass.

Pass

(transitive) To reject; to pass up.

Pass

(intransitive) To decline or not attempt to answer a question.
I haven't any idea of the answer, so I'll have to pass.

Pass

(intransitive) In turn-based games, to decline to play in one's turn.

Pass

In euchre, to decline to make the trump.

Pass

To do or be better.

Pass

To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess.

Pass

(transitive) To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.

Pass

To take heed, to have an interest, to care.

Pass

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

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

Pass

A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.

Pass

A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.

Pass

An attempt.
My first pass at a career of writing proved unsuccessful.

Pass

Success in an examination or similar test.
I gained three passes at A-level, in mathematics, French, and English literature.

Pass

(fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.

Pass

(figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.

Pass

A sexual advance.
The man kicked his friend out of the house after he made a pass at his wife.

Pass

(sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.

Pass

(rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.

Pass

Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.

Pass

A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
A railroad pass; a theater pass; a military pass

Pass

(baseball) An intentional walk.
Smith was given a pass after Jones' double.

Pass

(sports) The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.

Pass

The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.

Pass

(obsolete) Estimation; character.

Pass

(cookery) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.

Pass

An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
A pass would have seen her win the game, but instead she gave a wrong answer and lost a point, putting her in second place.

Pass

(computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
Most Pascal compilers process source code in a single pass.

Pass

A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
Anyone want to trade passes?

Pass

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.
On high behests his angels to and froPassed frequent.
Sweet sounds rose slowly through their mouths,And from their bodies passed.

Pass

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.
Others, dissatisfied with what they have, . . . pass from just to unjust.

Pass

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.
Disturb him not, let him pass paceably.
Beauty is a charm, but soon the charm will pass.
The passing of the sweetest soulThat ever looked with human eyes.

Pass

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.
So death passed upon all men.
Our own consciousness of what passes within our own mind.

Pass

To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as, their vacation passed pleasantly.
Now the time is far passed.

Pass

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.
False eloquence passeth only where true is not understood.
This will not pass for a fault in him.

Pass

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.

Pass

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

Pass

To be suffered to go on; to be tolerated; hence, to continue; to live along.

Pass

To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance or opposition; as, we let this act pass.

Pass

To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess.

Pass

To take heed; to care.
As for these silken-coated slaves, I pass not.

Pass

To go through the intestines.

Pass

To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance; as, an estate passes by a certain clause in a deed.

Pass

To make a lunge or pass; to thrust.

Pass

To decline to play in one's turn; in euchre, to decline to make the trump.
She would not play, yet must not pass.

Pass

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.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed.

Pass

To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
Please you that I may pass This doing.
I pass their warlike pomp, their proud array.

Pass

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.
I had only time to pass my eye over the medals.
Waller passed over five thousand horse and foot by Newbridge.

Pass

To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
And strive to pass . . . Their native music by her skillful art.
Whose tender powerPasses the strength of storms in their most desolate hour.

Pass

To cause to pass the lips; to utter; to pronounce; hence, to promise; to pledge; as, to pass sentence.
Father, thy word is passed.

Pass

To emit from the bowels; to evacuate.

Pass

To go successfully through, as an examination, trail, test, etc.; to obtain the formal sanction of, as a legislative body; as, he passed his examination; the bill passed the senate.

Pass

To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just; as, he passed the bill through the committee; the senate passed the law.

Pass

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

Pass

To make, as a thrust, punto, etc.

Pass

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.
"Try not the pass!" the old man said.

Pass

A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.

Pass

A movement of the hand over or along anything; the manipulation of a mesmerist.

Pass

A single passage of a bar, rail, sheet, etc., between the rolls.

Pass

State of things; condition; predicament.
Have his daughters brought him to this pass.
Matters have been brought to this pass.

Pass

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.
A ship sailing under the flag and pass of an enemy.

Pass

Fig.: a thrust; a sally of wit.

Pass

Estimation; character.
Common speech gives him a worthy pass.

Pass

A part; a division.

Pass

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.

Pass

(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls;
He worked the pitcher for a base on balls

Pass

(military) a written leave of absence;
He had a pass for three days

Pass

(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

Pass

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

Pass

Any authorization to pass or go somewhere;
The pass to visit had a strict time limit

Pass

A document indicating permission to do something without restrictions;
The media representatives had special passes

Pass

A flight or run by an aircraft over a target;
The plane turned to make a second pass

Pass

A bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

Pass

A difficult juncture;
A pretty pass
Matters came to a head yesterday

Pass

One complete cycle of operations (as by a computer);
It was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass

Pass

You advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent;
He had a bye in the first round

Pass

A permit to enter or leave a military installation;
He had to show his pass in order to get out

Pass

A complementary (free) ticket;
The start got passes for his family

Pass

A usually brief attempt;
He took a crack at it
I gave it a whirl

Pass

(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team;
The pass was fumbled

Pass

Success in satisfying a test or requirement;
His future depended on his passing that test
He got a pass in introductory chemistry

Pass

Go across or through;
We passed the point where the police car had parked
A terrible thought went through his mind

Pass

Pass by;
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

Pass

Make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation;
They passed the amendment
We cannot legislate how people's spend their free time

Pass

Pass by;
Three years elapsed

Pass

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

Pass

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

Pass

Travel past;
The sports car passed all the trucks

Pass

Come to pass;
What is happening?
The meeting took place off without an incidence
Nothing occurred that seemed important

Pass

Go unchallenged; be approved;
The bill cleared the House

Pass

Pass (time) in a specific way;
How are you spending your summer vacation?

Pass

Guide or pass over something;
He ran his eyes over her body
She ran her fingers along the carved figurine
He drew her hair through his fingers

Pass

Transmit information ;
Please communicate this message to all employees

Pass

Disappear gradually;
The pain eventually passed off

Pass

Go successfully through a test or a selection process;
She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now

Pass

Go beyond;
She exceeded our expectations
She topped her performance of last year

Pass

Accept or judge as acceptable;
The teacher passed the student although he was weak

Pass

Allow to go without comment or censure;
The insult passed as if unnoticed

Pass

Transfer to another; of rights or property;
Our house passed under his official control

Pass

Pass into a specified state or condition;
He sank into Nirvana

Pass

Be identified, regarded, accepted, or mistaken for someone or something else; as by denying one's own ancestry or background;
He could pass as his twin brother
She passed as a White woman even though her grandfather was Black

Pass

Throw (a ball) to another player;
Smith passed

Pass

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

Pass

Cause to pass;
She passed around the plates

Pass

Grant authorization or clearance for;
Clear the manuscript for publication
The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography

Pass

Pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;
She died from cancer
They children perished in the fire
The patient went peacefully

Pass

Eliminate from the body;
Pass a kidney stone

Pass

Of advancing the ball by throwing it;
A team with a good passing attack
A pass play

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