pass
- noun
- /pæs/
- The ancient trail followed the pass that had been used by travelers for centuries.
- mountain pass
- high pass
- valleys and mountain passes
You know, you have to go through this, this impassable pass.
- You know, you have to go through this, this impassable pass.
- The slope of his neck jagged like a difficult mountain pass.
Examples
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Some sort of fortress had always stood guard over the pass between Princemarch and the northern desert.
Fiction book (1992) -
From the top of 15,724-foot Kamba La Pass, the view is dramatic.
Academic text (1995) -
Will they go over to the pass?
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We'll stop for water and push for the mountain pass by nightfall.
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Our guerrillas could have held the mountain passes for months... even years.
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It was just beyond the pass.
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Twice the Donner Party tried to cross the pass; twice the deep snow drove them back.
Fiction book (1993) -
We followed them as they led the hooded beasts to the pass, where they turned their noses eastward.
Fiction book (1991) -
The hikers chose a safe route through the high mountain pass to reach the valley.
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After a long climb, they finally emerged from the narrow pass between the rocky cliffs.
Synonyms
A narrow pass between two mountain peaks
A low point on a mountain ridge between two peaks that people use to cross
A low route through mountains that people or vehicles use
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To give responsibility or control to another person during a planned change
Compounds
- Informal
An excuse that lets someone avoid rules or blame because of their position
- US
A written note from a teacher that allows a student to leave class and go into the hallway
- Specialized
A device that lets slow changes in signals pass and reduces fast changes
- NSFW
Permission from a partner to be romantic or sexual with someone outside the relationship
A mountain road through the Alps that links Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano in Italy
A narrow mountain route between Pakistan and Afghanistan used for trade and army movements
- NSFW
A high mountain pass near Lake Tahoe where trapped pioneers ate human flesh to survive
- Jargon
A short forward pass to a player running toward the sideline in American football
- Jargon
A pass that goes sideways or backward instead of forward in American football
- Specialized
An electronic part that lets high sounds pass and reduces low sounds
- Specialized
A setting that lets signals or data pass through unchanged to another device
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Pass comes from the Old French passer and the Latin passus, meaning 'to go across' or 'a step'. A mountain pass is a low place to go through between peaks, a natural way to step or move from one valley to another.