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to pass

to pass

168 4.4
To let waste or a small object leave the body
  • verb
  • /pæs/
  • NSFW
translation icon : expulsar
  • You, you eat it, but it just passes right through you.
  • pass urine
  • pass water
  • pass air

Trump is slang in Britain for to pass wind.

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Examples

  • The thermal paper has BPA in it too, and it passes right through the skin.

  • "Bacteria is always present during delivery, but usually it passes out of the body.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Just not saying that because my doctor said it would help me pass stuff through better.

  • Only the dense sickle cells can pass through the bottom and make a layer.

  • I had been told that it would be normal to pass lemon sized clots.

  • In view of severe breathlessness, an intercostal tube was passed to drain the fluid.

    Academic text (2007)
  • After sanitization, water was passed through the units until the residual chlorine was less than 1 mg/L.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The scope is lubricated and passed transnasally, and the pharyngeal and laryngeal structures are examined.

    Academic text (2004)
  • After a week of eating well, I finally passed the kidney stone without pain.

  • Doctors often monitor patients to ensure they pass any foreign objects safely from their bodies.

Synonyms

to eliminate
vsto pass
  • Specialized
81 4.3

Remove waste or harmful substances from the body

is broader, also covering forced removal or foreign objects
to poop
vsto pass
  • NSFW
68 3.4

To pass solid waste out of the body

is neutral and applies to any bodily expulsion including non solid matter
to expel
vsto pass
34 5.0

Push out a substance, for example gas from a body or container

is focused on bodily removal of waste or objects rather than containers
to take a dump
vsto pass
  • Offensive
26 9.9

To poop solid waste out of the body

is neutral and less crude, covering other types of expulsion
to excrete
vsto pass
  • NSFW
6 7.0

To remove waste from the body through urine, sweat or breath

is broader, covers any expulsion including objects as well as waste
to evacuate
vsto pass
  • NSFW
3 7.4

To move waste out of the body, usually from the bowels

is more general and includes other kinds of bodily expulsion
to egest
vsto pass
  • Specialized
9.9

To push out waste from the body after digestion

is broader, covering other body routes and foreign objects too

Antonyms

60 3.0

To hold something inside so it does not escape

Idioms

To do very well in a test or task, often easily

Give responsibility for your job to the person who will replace you

3 7.8

Seem honest and believable when people check it

1 3.5

To give responsibility or control to another person during a planned change

do not pass go
  • Informal
9.1

To refuse someone any further chance and make them leave immediately

To ask or hope, often in prayer, not to have a hard time

Phrasal Verbs

255 2.7

To travel through a place without stopping for long

188 3.7

To faint or lose consciousness suddenly

165 1.2

Go past someone or something without stopping

134 2.7

To give something to another person, often information or a message

76 2.5

Give news, a message, or something you received to another person

73 3.6

Decide not to accept something, for example an offer or food

68 2.7

To give things to people in a group, like papers or drinks

63 4.1

To choose not to accept a good offer or chance

48 2.8

Give traditions, stories, or things to younger family members

To make a liquid or gas go through a filter

Form an opinion about someone or something, often a critical one

Hand something to each person in a group

28 4.1

To ignore someone or something on purpose

26 3.3

To move across a place, often above the ground

23 3.4

Give something to a teacher or official for them to check

18 6.9

To make something or someone look real when they are not

17 3.0

Go past without being noticed or taken

14 5.2

To move across an enemy line to reach the other side

12 3.5

To slowly disappear or stop existing

To be seen as good enough after a check

8 3.8

To die peacefully in a gentle, respectful way

5 5.9

To let gas out from your bottom

Make information spread among many people

to pass the hat
  • Informal
3 5.5

To ask people to give money for a person or cause

2 4.1

To treat criticism or an insult as not important

1 3.7

To move something gently over a surface

to pass up
  • Informal
1 4.7

To ignore someone you meet by pretending not to see them

1 3.4

Give something back to the person who had it

to pass down
  • Specialized
1 4.8

Send a value or setting from a main part of a program to its smaller parts

1 6.5

To let gas from inside your body out through your bottom

to pass go
  • Informal
6.7

To start the next step of a plan without delay

To become less strong over time

To release gas or a bad smell quietly

7.6

To let urine come out of your body

Compounds

20 2.4

A paper or digital ticket that lets a passenger get on a plane

free pass
  • Informal
18 4.2

An excuse that lets someone avoid rules or blame because of their position

13 2.3

A written note from a teacher that allows a student to leave class and go into the hallway

11 3.4

A ticket that lets someone enter a place without paying

A low route through mountains that people or vehicles use

Hail Mary pass
  • Informal
4 8.4

A risky final attempt to succeed when little time remains

screen pass
  • Jargon
4 6.1

A short forward pass where teammates block to protect the receiver

2 3.8

A throw toward the opponent's end to move the ball downfield

pass catcher
  • Jargon
1 5.4

A player who receives forward passes, like a wide receiver or tight end

low-pass filter
  • Specialized
1 5.5

A device that lets slow changes in signals pass and reduces fast changes

hall pass
  • NSFW
1 8.3

Permission from a partner to be romantic or sexual with someone outside the relationship

1 3.9

An opening between a kitchen and dining room for passing food

1 2.8

A successful forward pass caught by a teammate

1 7.4

A mountain road through the Alps that links Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano in Italy

1 7.1

A narrow mountain route between Pakistan and Afghanistan used for trade and army movements

8.0

A high mountain pass near Lake Tahoe where trapped pioneers ate human flesh to survive

flare pass
  • Jargon
7.0

A short forward pass to a player running toward the sideline in American football

forward pass
  • Specialized
4.6

A run of input data through a model to produce predictions

kitchen pass
  • Jargon
7.9

Permission to stop cooking for a short time, often said as a joke

lateral pass
  • Jargon
5.8

A pass that goes sideways or backward instead of forward in American football

high-pass filter
  • Specialized
4.4

An electronic part that lets high sounds pass and reduces low sounds

8.6

A risky pass that puts someone in danger or trouble

pussy pass
  • Slur
9.9

Special, unfair treatment given to a woman by others because of her gender

pass-through
  • Specialized
5.1

A setting that lets signals or data pass through unchanged to another device

pass receiver
  • Jargon
3.9

A football player who catches passes from the quarterback

pass-back
  • Specialized
3.2

A ball moved backward to a teammate to keep possession

4.2

Sending a file back to the person who handled it before for review

spot pass
  • Jargon
5.7

A throw that aims the ball at a planned place for the receiver to catch

How Forceful

vomit
  • NSFW
52 2.3
to expel
34 5.0
to pass
  • NSFW
168 4.4
discharge
27 4.4
to excrete
  • NSFW
6 7.0

Surface Forms

pass infinitive
passed past
passed past participle
passing present participle
passes third person singular

Etymology

Pass comes from the Old French passer and the Latin passus, meaning 'to go through' or 'move out'. To pass a stone or to 'pass' something from the body is to let it move out and go through the body to the outside.