PASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pass mean? 

• PASS (noun)
  The noun PASS has 16 senses:

1. (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls

2. (military) a written leave of absence

3. (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

4. the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks

5. any authorization to pass or go somewhere

6. a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions

7. a flight or run by an aircraft over a target

8. a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

9. a difficult juncture

10. one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)

11. an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent

12. a permit to enter or leave a military installation

13. a complimentary ticket

14. a usually brief attempt

15. (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team

16. success in satisfying a test or requirement

  Familiarity information: PASS used as a noun is very familiar.

• PASS (adjective)
  The adjective PASS has 1 sense:

1. of advancing the ball by throwing it

  Familiarity information: PASS used as an adjective is very rare.

• PASS (verb)
  The verb PASS has 25 senses:

1. go across or through

2. move past

3. make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation

4. pass by

5. place into the hands or custody of

6. stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

7. travel past

8. come to pass

9. go unchallenged; be approved

10. use up a period of time in a specific way

11. pass over, across, or through

12. transmit information

13. disappear gradually

14. go successfully through a test or a selection process

15. be superior or better than some standard

16. accept or judge as acceptable

17. allow to go without comment or censure

18. transfer to another; of rights or property

19. pass into a specified state or condition

20. throw (a ball) to another player

21. be inherited by

22. cause to pass

23. grant authorization or clearance for

24. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

25. eliminate from the body

  Familiarity information: PASS used as a verb is very familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

base on balls; pass; walk

Context example:

he worked the pitcher for a base on balls

Hypernyms ("pass" is a kind of...):

accomplishment; achievement (the action of accomplishing something)

Domain category:

ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(military) a written leave of absence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Context example:

he had a pass for three days

Hypernyms ("pass" is a kind of...):

leave; leave of absence (the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

pass; passing; passing game; passing play

Context example:

the coach sent in a passing play on third and long

Hypernyms ("pass" is a kind of...):

football play ((American football) a play by the offensive team)

Domain category:

American football; American football game (a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pass"):

aerial; forward pass (a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer)

lateral; lateral pass (a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer)

spot pass (a pass to a designated spot on the field; the receiver should arrive at that spot the same time the ball does)

Derivation:

pass (throw (a ball) to another player)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

mountain pass; notch; pass

Context example:

we got through the pass before it started to snow

Hypernyms ("pass" is a kind of...):

location (a point or extent in space)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pass"):

col; gap (a pass between mountain peaks)

defile; gorge (a narrow pass (especially one between mountains))

saddle; saddleback (a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle))

Instance hyponyms:

Brenner Pass (an Alpine mountain pass connecting Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano in Italy that has long been a route for trade and for invasions)

Cumberland Gap (a pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west)

Donner Pass (a mountain pass in northeastern California near Lake Tahoe; site where in 1844 some members of an emigrant party survived by eating those who had died)

Khyber Pass (a mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan; a route by which invaders entered India)

Holonyms ("pass" is a part of...):

chain; chain of mountains; mountain chain; mountain range; range; range of mountains (a series of hills or mountains)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Any authorization to pass or go somewhere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

pass; passport

Context example:

the pass to visit had a strict time limit

Hypernyms ("pass" is a kind of...):

permission (approval to do something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pass"):

safe-conduct; safeguard (a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war)

Derivation:

pass (grant authorization or clearance for)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A document indicating permission to do something without restrictions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

laissez passer; pass

Context example:

the media representatives had special passes

Hypernyms ("pass" is a kind of...):

permission (approval to do something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pass"):

boarding card; boarding pass (a pass that allows you to board a ship or plane)

hall pass (written permission from a teacher for a student to be out the classroom and in the halls of the school)

ticket-of-leave (a permit formerly given to convicts allowing them to leave prison under specific restrictions)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A flight or run by an aircraft over a target

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the plane turned to make a second pass

Hypernyms ("pass" is a kind of...):

flight; flying (an instance of traveling by air)

Sense 8

Meaning:

A bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

pass; strait; straits

Hypernyms ("pass" is a kind of...):

situation (a complex or critical or unusual difficulty)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pass"):

desperate straits; dire straits (a state of extreme distress)

Sense 9

Meaning:

A difficult juncture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

head; pass; straits

Context example:

matters came to a head yesterday

Hypernyms ("pass" is a kind of...):

juncture; occasion (an event that occurs at a critical time)

Sense 10

Meaning:

One complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Context example:

it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass

Hypernyms ("pass" is a kind of...):

cycle; oscillation (a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon)

Domain category:

computer; computing device; computing machine; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system (a machine for performing calculations automatically)

Sense 11

Meaning:

An automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bye; pass

Context example:

he had a bye in the first round

Hypernyms ("pass" is a kind of...):

conceding; concession; yielding (the act of conceding or yielding)

Derivation:

pass (accept or judge as acceptable)

Sense 12

Meaning:

A permit to enter or leave a military installation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

liberty chit; pass

Context example:

he had to show his pass in order to get out

Hypernyms ("pass" is a kind of...):

licence; license; permit (a legal document giving official permission to do something)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Sense 13

Meaning:

A complimentary ticket

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

the star got passes for his family

Hypernyms ("pass" is a kind of...):

ticket (a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment))

Sense 14

Meaning:

A usually brief attempt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

crack; fling; go; offer; pass; whirl

Context example:

I gave it a whirl

Hypernyms ("pass" is a kind of...):

attempt; effort; endeavor; endeavour; try (earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something)

Sense 15

Meaning:

(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

flip; pass; toss

Context example:

the pass was fumbled

Hypernyms ("pass" is a kind of...):

throw (the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist))

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pass"):

centering; snap ((American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back)

Sense 16

Meaning:

Success in satisfying a test or requirement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

pass; passing; qualifying

Context example:

he got a pass in introductory chemistry

Hypernyms ("pass" is a kind of...):

success (an attainment that is successful)

• PASS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of advancing the ball by throwing it

Synonyms:

pass; passing

Context example:

a pass play

Domain category:

football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)

• PASS (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Go across or through

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

A terrible thought went through his mind

Hypernyms (to "pass" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass"):

break through; crack (pass through (a barrier))

squeak by; squeak through (escape)

transit (pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place))

cover; cross; cut across; cut through; get across; get over; pass over; track; traverse (travel across or pass over)

infiltrate; pass through (pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict)

run (cover by running; run a certain distance)

move through; pass across; pass over; pass through; transit (make a passage or journey from one place to another)

cut (pass directly and often in haste)

crash (move violently as through a barrier)

muscle (make one's way by force)

overstep; transgress; trespass (pass beyond (limits or boundaries))

negociate; negotiate (succeed in passing through, around, or over)

lock (pass by means through a lock in a waterway)

make; work (proceed along a path)

cycle (pass through a cycle)

blunder; fumble (make one's way clumsily or blindly)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Also:

pass over (bypass)

pass over (travel across or pass over)

pass over (make a passage or journey from one place to another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Move past

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

go by; go past; pass; pass by; surpass; travel by

Context example:

One line of soldiers surpassed the other

Hypernyms (to "pass" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass"):

skirt (pass around or about; move along the border)

run by (pass by while running)

fly by (pass by while flying)

fly by; whisk by; zip by (move by very quickly)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

These cars won't pass

Derivation:

passer (a person who passes by casually or by chance)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

legislate; pass

Context example:

We cannot legislate how people spend their free time

Hypernyms (to "pass" is one way to...):

enact; ordain (order by virtue of superior authority; decree)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

passage (the passing of a law by a legislative body)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Pass by

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

elapse; glide by; go along; go by; lapse; pass; slide by; slip away; slip by

Context example:

three years elapsed

Hypernyms (to "pass" is one way to...):

advance; go on; march on; move on; pass on; progress (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass"):

fell; fly; vanish (pass away rapidly)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sense 5

Meaning:

Place into the hands or custody of

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

give; hand; pass; pass on; reach; turn over

Context example:

He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers

Hypernyms (to "pass" is one way to...):

transfer (cause to change ownership)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass"):

give (leave with; give temporarily)

slip; sneak (pass on stealthily)

deal (give (a specific card) to a player)

deliver; fork out; fork over; fork up; hand over; render; turn in (to surrender someone or something to another)

free; give up; release; relinquish; resign (part with a possession or right)

commit; confide; entrust; intrust; trust (confer a trust upon)

entrust; leave (put into the care or protection of someone)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sentence examples:

They pass the food to the people
They pass the people the food

Also:

pass on (transmit information)

pass on (give to or transfer possession of)

pass on (transmit (knowledge or skills))

pass on (refer to another person for decision or judgment)

Derivation:

passage (the act of passing something to another person)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

extend; go; lead; pass; run

Context example:

The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets

Hypernyms (to "pass" is one way to...):

be (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere)

Verb group:

range; run (change or be different within limits)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass"):

come (extend or reach)

radiate; ray (extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center)

go deep; go far (extend in importance or range)

underrun (run or pass below)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Sense 7

Meaning:

Travel past

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

overhaul; overtake; pass

Context example:

The sports car passed all the trucks

Hypernyms (to "pass" is one way to...):

advance; go on; march on; move on; pass on; progress (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass"):

get by (pass or move in front of)

clear; top (pass by, over, or under without making contact)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

These cars won't pass

Derivation:

passage (the motion of one object relative to another)

passing (going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it)

passing (the motion of one object relative to another)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Come to pass

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place

Context example:

Nothing occurred that seemed important

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass"):

break; develop; recrudesce (happen)

arise; come up (result or issue)

result (come about or follow as a consequence)

intervene (occur between other event or between certain points of time)

transpire (come about, happen, or occur)

give (occur)

supervene (take place as an additional or unexpected development)

go; proceed (follow a certain course)

come (come to pass; arrive, as in due course)

fall (occur at a specified time or place)

anticipate (be a forerunner of or occur earlier than)

develop (be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest)

recur; repeat (happen or occur again)

come off; go off; go over (happen in a particular manner)

come around; roll around (happen regularly)

happen; materialise; materialize (come into being; become reality)

bechance; befall; happen (happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance)

bechance; befall; betide (become of; happen to)

coincide; concur (happen simultaneously)

backfire; backlash; recoil (come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect)

chance (be the case by chance)

break (happen or take place)

fall; shine; strike (touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly)

turn out (prove to be in the result or end)

contemporise; contemporize; synchronise; synchronize (happen at the same time)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
It ----s that CLAUSE

Sense 9

Meaning:

Go unchallenged; be approved

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

clear; pass

Context example:

The bill cleared the House

Hypernyms (to "pass" is one way to...):

bring home the bacon; come through; deliver the goods; succeed; win (attain success or reach a desired goal)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass"):

clear (pass an inspection or receive authorization)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 10

Meaning:

Use up a period of time in a specific way

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

pass; spend

Context example:

how are you spending your summer vacation?

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass"):

soldier (serve as a soldier in the military)

slum (spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive)

weekend (spend the weekend)

holiday; vacation (spend or take a vacation)

do; serve (spend time in prison or in a labor camp)

get through; while away (spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time)

sojourn (spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily)

overwinter; winter (spend the winter)

summer (spend the summer)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 11

Meaning:

Pass over, across, or through

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

draw; guide; pass; run

Context example:

He drew her hair through his fingers

Verb group:

draw; string; thread (thread on or as if on a string)

lead; run (cause something to pass or lead somewhere)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass"):

rub (move over something with pressure)

thread (pass through or into)

thread (pass a thread through)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Also:

pass around (cause to become widely known)

pass over (rub with a circular motion)

Sense 12

Meaning:

Transmit information

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

communicate; pass; pass along; pass on; put across

Context example:

pass along the good news

Hypernyms (to "pass" is one way to...):

communicate; convey; transmit (transfer to another)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass"):

implant; plant (put firmly in the mind)

send a message (give or constitute a signal, not necessarily verbally)

relay (pass along)

get across; put over (communicate successfully)

ask for; bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for)

telecommunicate (communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail)

acknowledge; receipt (report the receipt of)

carry (pass on a communication)

deliver; render; return (pass down)

message (send as a message)

message (send a message to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sense 13

Meaning:

Disappear gradually

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

blow over; evanesce; fade; fleet; pass; pass off

Context example:

The pain eventually passed off

Hypernyms (to "pass" is one way to...):

disappear; go away; vanish (get lost, as without warning or explanation)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

passing (the end of something)

Sense 14

Meaning:

Go successfully through a test or a selection process

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

make it; pass

Context example:

She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now

Hypernyms (to "pass" is one way to...):

bring home the bacon; come through; deliver the goods; succeed; win (attain success or reach a desired goal)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass"):

ace; breeze through; nail; pass with flying colors; sail through; sweep through (succeed at easily)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

fail (fail to get a passing grade)

Derivation:

passer (a student who passes an examination)

passing (success in satisfying a test or requirement)

Sense 15

Meaning:

Be superior or better than some standard

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

exceed; go past; overstep; pass; top; transcend

Context example:

She topped her performance of last year

Hypernyms (to "pass" is one way to...):

excel; stand out; surpass (distinguish oneself)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 16

Meaning:

Accept or judge as acceptable

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

The teacher passed the student although he was weak

Hypernyms (to "pass" is one way to...):

evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)

Cause:

make it; pass (go successfully through a test or a selection process)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Antonym:

fail (judge unacceptable)

Derivation:

pass (an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent)

passing (success in satisfying a test or requirement)

Sense 17

Meaning:

Allow to go without comment or censure

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

the insult passed as if unnoticed

Hypernyms (to "pass" is one way to...):

allow; let; permit (make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 18

Meaning:

Transfer to another; of rights or property

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

Our house passed under his official control

Hypernyms (to "pass" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sense 19

Meaning:

Pass into a specified state or condition

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

lapse; pass; sink

Context example:

He sank into nirvana

Hypernyms (to "pass" is one way to...):

move (go or proceed from one point to another)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

passage (the act of passing from one state or place to the next)

Sense 20

Meaning:

Throw (a ball) to another player

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

Smith passed

Hypernyms (to "pass" is one way to...):

throw (propel through the air)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

pass ((American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate)

passer ((football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass)

passing ((American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate)

Sense 21

Meaning:

Be inherited by

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

devolve; fall; pass; return

Context example:

The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead

Hypernyms (to "pass" is one way to...):

change hands; change owners (be transferred to another owner)

Verb group:

accrue; fall (come into the possession of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass"):

fall; light (fall to somebody by assignment or lot)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Sense 22

Meaning:

Cause to pass

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

make pass; pass

Context example:

She passed around the plates

Cause:

pass (go across or through)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass"):

cycle (cause to go through a recurring sequence)

pass off (cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity)

pass through (cause to move through)

lead; run (cause something to pass or lead somewhere)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 23

Meaning:

Grant authorization or clearance for

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

authorise; authorize; clear; pass

Context example:

The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography

Hypernyms (to "pass" is one way to...):

allow; countenance; let; permit (consent to, give permission)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass"):

approbate (approve or sanction officially)

certificate (authorize by certificate)

approve; O.K.; okay; sanction (give sanction to)

declare (authorize payments of)

certify; licence; license (authorize officially)

commission (charge with a task)

formalise; formalize; validate (declare or make legally valid)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Derivation:

pass (any authorization to pass or go somewhere)

Sense 24

Meaning:

Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

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; pass away; perish; pop off; snuff it

Context example:

The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102

Hypernyms (to "pass" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Verb group:

break; break down; conk out; die; fail; give out; give way; go; go bad (stop operating or functioning)

die (suffer or face the pain of death)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass"):

abort (cease development, die, and be aborted)

asphyxiate; stifle; suffocate (be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen)

buy it; pip out (be killed or die)

drown (die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating)

predecease (die before; die earlier than)

famish; starve (die of food deprivation)

fall (die, as in battle or in a hunt)

succumb; yield (be fatally overwhelmed)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

passing (euphemistic expressions for death)

Sense 25

Meaning:

Eliminate from the body

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

egest; eliminate; excrete; pass

Context example:

Pass a kidney stone

Hypernyms (to "pass" is one way to...):

discharge; eject; exhaust; expel; release (eliminate (a substance))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass"):

perspire; sudate; sweat (excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin)

exudate; exude; ooze; ooze out; transude (release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities)

make; make water; micturate; pass water; pee; pee-pee; piddle; piss; puddle; relieve oneself; spend a penny; take a leak; urinate; wee; wee-wee (eliminate urine)

urinate (pass after the manner of urine)

empty; evacuate; void (excrete or discharge from the body)

ca-ca; crap; defecate; make; shit; stool; take a crap; take a shit (have a bowel movement)

barf; be sick; cast; cat; chuck; disgorge; honk; puke; purge; regorge; regurgitate; retch; sick; spew; spue; throw up; upchuck; vomit; vomit up (eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

passing (a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another)

 Context examples 

We passed across Holborn, down Endell Street, and so through a zigzag of slums to Covent Garden Market.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The evening altogether passed off pleasantly to the whole family.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

We pass Fort Yukon. We pass Fort Hamilton. We pass Minook.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

A passing tramp sees them through the window, the blind of which is only half down.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I remember, though I suppose I was asleep, passing through the streets and over the bridge.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“That vessel will soon be passing us,” I said, after a moment’s pause.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The spell of passing beauty all about them was too strong.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

There was a stile to pass from this field into the next.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

"We are on our way to the Emerald City to see the Great Oz," she answered, "and we stopped at your cottage to pass the night."

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

I cleaned myself up, got back to land, and joined my ship without a soul having a suspicion of what had passed.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)