S: (n) pass ((military) a written leave of absence) "he had a pass for three days"
S: (n) pass, passing play, passing game, passing ((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"
S: (n) pass, 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"
S: (n) pass, passport (any authorization to pass or go somewhere) "the pass to visit had a strict time limit"
S: (n) pass, laissez passer (a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions) "the media representatives had special passes"
S: (n) pass (a flight or run by an aircraft over a target) "the plane turned to make a second pass"
S: (n) pass, toss, flip ((sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team) "the pass was fumbled"
S: (n) passing, pass, qualifying (success in satisfying a test or requirement) "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"
Verb
S: (v) pass (go across or through) "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"
S: (v) travel, go, move, locomote (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically) "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
S: (v) go around, spread, circulate (become widely known and passed on) "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office"
S: (v) carry (cover a certain distance or advance beyond) "The drive carried to the green"
S: (v) ease (move gently or carefully) "He eased himself into the chair"
S: (v) whish (move with a whishing sound) "The car whished past her"
S: (v) float (move lightly, as if suspended) "The dancer floated across the stage"
S: (v) swap (move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science)
S: (v) seek (go to or towards) "a liquid seeks its own level"
S: (v) whine (move with a whining sound) "The bullets were whining past us"
S: (v) fly (be dispersed or disseminated) "Rumors and accusations are flying"
S: (v) ride (move like a floating object) "The moon rode high in the night sky"
S: (v) come (cover a certain distance) "She came a long way"
S: (v) ghost (move like a ghost) "The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard"
S: (v) come, come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody) "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"
S: (v) round (wind around; move along a circular course) "round the bend"
S: (v) trundle (move heavily) "the streetcar trundled down the avenue"
S: (v) push (move strenuously and with effort) "The crowd pushed forward"
S: (v) swing (change direction with a swinging motion; turn) "swing back"; "swing forward"
S: (v) roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond (move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment) "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
S: (v) walk, take the air (take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure) "The lovers held hands while walking"; "We like to walk every Sunday"
S: (v) weave, wind, thread, meander, wander (to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course) "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
S: (v) float, drift, be adrift, blow (be in motion due to some air or water current) "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
S: (v) play (move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly) "The spotlights played on the politicians"
S: (v) float, swim (be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom)
S: (v) swim (move as if gliding through water) "this snake swims through the soil where it lives"
S: (v) walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps) "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"
S: (v) turn, move around (pass to the other side of) "turn the corner"; "move around the obstacle"
S: (v) circle (travel around something) "circle the globe"
S: (v) slice into, slice through (move through a body or an object with a slicing motion) "His hand sliced through the air"
S: (v) stray, err, drift (wander from a direct course or at random) "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course"
S: (v) run (travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means) "Run to the store!"; "She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there"
S: (v) step (shift or move by taking a step) "step back"
S: (v) drive, motor (travel or be transported in a vehicle) "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater"
S: (v) ride, sit (sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions) "She never sat a horse!"; "Did you ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young mare"
S: (v) prance (spring forward on the hind legs) "The young horse was prancing in the meadow"
S: (v) swim (travel through water) "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank"
S: (v) ascend, go up (travel up) "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
S: (v) descend, fall, go down, come down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way) "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
S: (v) fall (descend in free fall under the influence of gravity) "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse"
S: (v) zigzag, crank (travel along a zigzag path) "The river zigzags through the countryside"
S: (v) retrograde (move in a direction contrary to the usual one) "retrograding planets"
S: (v) proceed, go forward, continue (move ahead; travel onward in time or space) "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"
S: (v) back (travel backward) "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree"
S: (v) pan (make a sweeping movement) "The camera panned across the room"
S: (v) follow (to travel behind, go after, come after) "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum"
S: (v) pursue, follow (follow in or as if in pursuit) "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life"
S: (v) return (go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before) "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"
S: (v) derail, jump (run off or leave the rails) "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
S: (v) flock (move as a crowd or in a group) "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears"
S: (v) accompany (go or travel along with) "The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere"
S: (v) billow (move with great difficulty) "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed"
S: (v) circulate (move around freely from person to person or from place to place) "She circulates among royalty"
S: (v) circle (move in a circular path above (someone or something)) "the plane circled, looking for a landing spot"
S: (v) angle (move or proceed at an angle) "he angled his way into the room"
S: (v) pass (go across or through) "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"
S: (v) travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass (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"
S: (v) step, tread (put down or press the foot, place the foot) "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake"
S: (v) step (move with one's feet in a specific manner) "step lively"
S: (v) hurtle (move with or as if with a rushing sound) "The cars hurtled by"
S: (v) retreat (move away, as for privacy) "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"
S: (v) whistle (move with, or as with, a whistling sound) "The bullets whistled past him"
S: (v) island hop (travel from one island to the next) "on the cruise, we did some island-hopping"
S: (v) plow, plough (move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil) "The ship plowed through the water"
S: (v) lurch (move slowly and unsteadily) "The truck lurched down the road"
S: (v) sift (move as if through a sieve) "The soldiers sifted through the woods"
S: (v) fall (move in a specified direction) "The line of men fall forward"
S: (v) drag (move slowly and as if with great effort)
S: (v) run (move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way) "who are these people running around in the building?"; "She runs around telling everyone of her troubles"; "let the dogs run free"
S: (v) bang (move noisily) "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged around the house"
S: (v) precess (move in a gyrating fashion) "the poles of the Earth precess at a right angle to the force that is applied"
S: (v) travel, move around (travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge)
S: (v) ride (sit on and control a vehicle) "He rides his bicycle to work every day"; "She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town"
S: (v) snowshoe (travel on snowshoes) "After a heavy snowfall, we have to snowshoe to the grocery store"
S: (v) beetle (fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle) "He beetled up the staircase"; "They beetled off home"
S: (v) travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass (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"
S: (v) legislate, pass (make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation) "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time"
S: (v) pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give (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"
S: (v) run, go, pass, lead, extend (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"
S: (v) spend, pass (use up a period of time in a specific way) "how are you spending your summer vacation?"
S: (v) guide, run, draw, pass (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"
S: (v) pass, make it (go successfully through a test or a selection process) "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"
S: (v) exceed, transcend, overstep, pass, go past, top (be superior or better than some standard) "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"
S: (v) pass (accept or judge as acceptable) "The teacher passed the student although he was weak"
S: (v) pass (allow to go without comment or censure) "the insult passed as if unnoticed"
S: (v) pass (transfer to another; of rights or property) "Our house passed under his official control"
S: (v) sink, pass, lapse (pass into a specified state or condition) "He sank into nirvana"
S: (v) pass (throw (a ball) to another player) "Smith passed"
S: (v) fall, return, pass, devolve (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"
S: (v) pass, make pass (cause to pass) "She passed around the plates"
S: (v) authorize, authorise, pass, clear (grant authorization or clearance for) "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"