pass
To change place.
Verb 4 meanings
To change place.
“They passed from room to room.”
To change in state or status
“He passed from youth into old age.”
To move through time.
“Their vacation passed pleasantly.”
To be accepted.
“It isn't ideal, but it will pass.”
Noun 4 meanings
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”
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”
A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
Etymology
From Middle English passen, from Old French passer (“to step, walk, pass”), from Vulgar Latin *passāre (“step, walk, pass”), derived from Latin passus (“a step”), from Proto-Italic *pat-s-tus, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread, stretch out”). Cognate with Old English fæþm (“armful, fathom”). More at fathom.
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PASS at a glance
PASS has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (P 3 + A 1 + S 1 + S 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #914 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with pass
All rhymesOne letter away
- PAST6
- MASS6
- BASS6
- PAYS9
- PADS7
- PALS6
- PANS6
- PAWS9
- PATS6
- LASS4
- PUSS6
- SASS4
- PACS8
- PARS6
- TASS4
- PAIS6
- POSS6
- PAPS8
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