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. • A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river. • 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. • An attempt. • A sexual advance (often in the phrase make a pass). • Success in an examination or similar test. • A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary. • A thrust; a sally of wit. • The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another. • A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it. • Permission or license to pass, or to go and come. • A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission • An intentional walk. • The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre. • The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse. • Estimation; character. • The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff. • An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass". • A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.