“passest” is a form of
pass
[pʰɑːs] verb, noun, proper noun
Forms passes passing passed passest passedst passeth passe
- verb (intransitive) To move or be moved from one place to another. “They passed from room to room.”
- verb (transitive) To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past. “You will pass a house on your right.”
- verb (ditransitive) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another. “The waiter passed biscuits and cheese.”
- verb (intransitive, transitive, medicine) To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes. “He was passing blood in both his urine and his stool.”
- verb (transitive, nautical) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
- verb (transitive, soccer) To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.
- verb (transitive) To move (the ball or puck) to a teammate.
- verb (intransitive, fencing) To make a lunge or swipe.
- noun 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”
- noun 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”
- noun A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
- noun A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
- noun An attempt. “My first pass at a career of writing proved unsuccessful.”
- noun A sexual advance (often in the phrase make a pass). “The man kicked his friend out of the house after he made a pass at his wife.”
- noun Success in an examination or similar test. “I gained three passes at A-level, in mathematics, French, and English literature.”
- noun (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
- noun (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website). “Anyone want to trade passes?”
- proper noun A surname.
- noun (initialism, mnemonic) Used to remember how to use a fire extinguisher: pull the pin, aim at the base (of the fire), squeeze the handle/trigger, sweep from side to side.
Synonyms
go move overtake pass by pass over deliver give hand make over send transfer transmit evacuate void thrust circulate pass around admit let in let past base on balls walk passing play passing game passing mountain pass notch passport laissez passer strait
Antonyms
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.
Displaced native Old English genġan.
From Middle English pas, pase, pace, from passen (“to pass”).
Clipping of password.
* As an English surname, from a pet form of the medieval name Passe, itself probably a pet form of Pascal.
* As a German surname, from the noun Pass (“pass, passageway”).
* As a Jewish surname, from Polish pas (“belt, girdle”).
* Also as an English surname, from Middle English passe, referring to passages. Compare Passage.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; --usually with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the kind or manner of motion; as, to pass on, by, out, in, etc.; to pass swiftly, directly, smoothly, etc.; to pass to the rear, under the yoke, over the bridge, across the field, beyond the border, etc. "But now pass over [i.e., pass on]." Chaucer.
- verb To move or be transferred from one state or condition to another; to change possession, condition, or circumstances; to undergo transition; as, the business has passed into other hands.
- verb In simple, transitive senses; as: (a) To go by, beyond, over, through, or the like; to proceed from one side to the other of; as, to pass a house, a stream, a boundary, etc. (b) Hence:
- verb To go from one limit to the other of; to spend; to live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer. "To pass commodiously this life." Milton.
Etymology [F. passer, LL. passare, fr. L. passus step, or from pandere, passum, to spread out, lay open. See Pace.]
Etymology [Cf. F. pas (for sense 1), and passe, fr. passer to pass. See Pass, v. i.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “pass”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details