Pass

Pass

1. 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. The Red Mount Pass provides some magnificent scenery.
2. A sexual advance. We kicked him out of the after he made a pass at the wife.
3. A document granting permission to enter or to leave. We bought a daily pass on the ski slope.
4. A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool. We made a pass of the plank through the planer.
5. (sports) A throw of the football from the quarterback to another player in a forward direction. He threw a 40 yard pass for a touchdown.
6. (baseball) An intentional walk. Smith was given a pass after Jones' double.
7. To move or to be moved from one place to another, They passed from one room to another.
8. To happen. That will soon come to pass.
9. To die. Mary passed away Friday.
10. To go successfully through an examination, test, etc). He passed the test with good grades.
11. To depart, to cease, to come to an end. The feeling of sadness will soon pass away.

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Shown is the Khyber Pass connecting Afghanistan and Pakistan