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| n. (artifact) | 1. cross | a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece. |
| ~ structure, construction | a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts.; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. crisscross, cross, mark | a marking that consists of lines that cross each other. |
| ~ marking | a pattern of marks. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. cross | a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry. |
| ~ calvary cross, cross of calvary | a Latin cross set on three steps. |
| ~ celtic cross | a Latin cross with a ring surrounding the intersection. |
| ~ crucifix, rood, rood-tree | representation of the cross on which Jesus died. |
| ~ emblem | special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.. |
| ~ greek cross | a cross with each of the four arms the same length. |
| ~ jerusalem cross | a cross with equal arms, each terminating in a small crossbar. |
| ~ latin cross | a cross with the lowest arm being longer than the others. |
| ~ cross of lorraine, lorraine cross | a cross with two crossbars, one above and one below the midpoint of the vertical, the lower longer than the upper. |
| ~ maltese cross | a cross with triangular or arrow-shaped arms and the points toward the center. |
| ~ papal cross | a cross with three crossbars. |
| ~ patriarchal cross | a cross with two crossbars. |
| ~ saltire, st. andrew's cross | a cross resembling the letter x, with diagonal bars of equal length. |
| ~ st. anthony's cross, tau cross | cross resembling the Greek letter tau. |
| n. (state) | 4. cross, crown of thorns | any affliction that causes great suffering.; "that is his cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns" |
| ~ affliction | a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity. |
| n. (animal) | 5. cross, crossbreed, hybrid | (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species.; "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey" |
| ~ organism, being | a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently. |
| ~ dihybrid | a hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each. |
| ~ monohybrid | a hybrid produced by crossing parents that are homozygous except for a single gene locus that has two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas). |
| ~ genetic science, genetics | the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms. |
| n. (act) | 6. cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding | (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids. |
| ~ mating, pairing, sexual union, coupling, union, conjugation | the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes.; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring" |
| ~ dihybrid cross | hybridization using two traits with two alleles each. |
| ~ monohybrid cross | hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas). |
| ~ reciprocal cross, reciprocal | hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype. |
| ~ test-cross, testcross | a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring. |
| ~ genetic science, genetics | the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms. |
| v. (motion) | 7. cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse | travel across or pass over.; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" |
| ~ tramp | cross on foot.; "We had to tramp the creeks" |
| ~ stride | cover or traverse by taking long steps.; "She strode several miles towards the woods" |
| ~ walk | traverse or cover by walking.; "Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day" |
| ~ crisscross | cross in a pattern, often random. |
| ~ ford | cross a river where it's shallow. |
| ~ bridge | cross over on a bridge. |
| ~ jaywalk | cross the road at a red light. |
| ~ drive, take | proceed along in a vehicle.; "We drive the turnpike to work" |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| ~ course | move swiftly through or over.; "ships coursing the Atlantic" |
| ~ hop | traverse as if by a short airplane trip.; "Hop the Pacific Ocean" |
| v. (motion) | 8. cross, intersect | meet at a point. |
| ~ cross | meet and pass.; "the trains crossed" |
| ~ encounter, meet, run across, come across, run into, see | come together.; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" |
| v. (social) | 9. baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" |
| ~ disappoint, let down | fail to meet the hopes or expectations of.; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage" |
| ~ foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid | keep from happening or arising; make impossible.; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" |
| ~ dash | destroy or break.; "dashed ambitions and hopes" |
| ~ short-circuit | hamper the progress of; impede.; "short-circuit warm feelings" |
| ~ ruin | destroy or cause to fail.; "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election" |
| v. (motion) | 10. cross | fold so as to resemble a cross.; "she crossed her legs" |
| ~ fold, fold up, turn up | bend or lay so that one part covers the other.; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar" |
| v. (stative) | 11. cross, span, sweep, traverse | to cover or extend over an area or time period.; "Rivers traverse the valley floor"; "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries" |
| ~ cover, extend, continue | span an interval of distance, space or time.; "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles" |
| v. (motion) | 12. cross | meet and pass.; "the trains crossed" |
| ~ decussate | cross or intersect so as to form a cross.; "this nerve decussates the other"; "the fibers decussate" |
| ~ intersect, cross | meet at a point. |
| v. (creation) | 13. cross | trace a line through or across.; "cross your `t'" |
| ~ write | mark or trace on a surface.; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet" |
| v. (contact) | 14. cross, crossbreed, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed | breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties.; "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed" |
| ~ breed | cause to procreate (animals).; "She breeds dogs" |
| ~ backcross | mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents. |
| adj. | 15. cross, thwartwise, transversal, transverse | extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis.; "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"; "transverse colon" |
| ~ crosswise | lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction.; "a crosswise street"; "the crosswise dimension" |
| adj. | 16. bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered | annoyed and irritable. |
| ~ ill-natured | having an irritable and unpleasant disposition. |
| pass | | |
| n. (act) | 1. base on balls, pass, walk | (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls.; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls" |
| ~ accomplishment, achievement | the action of accomplishing something. |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| n. (time) | 2. pass | (military) a written leave of absence.; "he had a pass for three days" |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ leave, leave of absence | the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty.; "a ten day's leave to visit his mother" |
| n. (act) | 3. pass, passing, passing game, passing play | (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate.; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long" |
| ~ american football, american football game | a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays. |
| ~ football play | (American football) a play by the offensive team. |
| ~ aerial, forward pass | a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer. |
| ~ lateral, lateral pass | a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer. |
| ~ spot pass | a pass to a designated spot on the field; the receiver should arrive at that spot the same time the ball does. |
| n. (object) | 4. mountain pass, notch, pass | the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks.; "we got through the pass before it started to snow" |
| ~ location | a point or extent in space. |
| ~ brenner pass | an Alpine mountain pass connecting Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano in Italy that has long been a route for trade and for invasions. |
| ~ col, gap | a pass between mountain peaks. |
| ~ cumberland gap | a pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west. |
| ~ defile, gorge | a narrow pass (especially one between mountains). |
| ~ donner pass | a mountain pass in northeastern California near Lake Tahoe; site where in 1844 some members of an emigrant party survived by eating those who had died. |
| ~ khyber pass | a mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan; a route by which invaders entered India. |
| ~ chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range of mountains, range, chain | a series of hills or mountains.; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range" |
| ~ saddleback, saddle | a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle). |
| n. (communication) | 5. pass, passport | any authorization to pass or go somewhere.; "the pass to visit had a strict time limit" |
| ~ permission | approval to do something.; "he asked permission to leave" |
| ~ safe-conduct, safeguard | a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war. |
| n. (communication) | 6. laissez passer, pass | a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions.; "the media representatives had special passes" |
| ~ permission | approval to do something.; "he asked permission to leave" |
| ~ boarding card, boarding pass | a pass that allows you to board a ship or plane. |
| ~ hall pass | written permission from a teacher for a student to be out the classroom and in the halls of the school. |
| ~ ticket-of-leave | a permit formerly given to convicts allowing them to leave prison under specific restrictions. |
| n. (act) | 7. pass | a flight or run by an aircraft over a target.; "the plane turned to make a second pass" |
| ~ flying, flight | an instance of traveling by air.; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him" |
| n. (state) | 8. pass, strait, straits | a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs. |
| ~ desperate straits, dire straits | a state of extreme distress. |
| ~ situation | a complex or critical or unusual difficulty.; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple" |
| n. (event) | 9. head, pass, straits | a difficult juncture.; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday" |
| ~ juncture, occasion | an event that occurs at a critical time.; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions" |
| n. (event) | 10. pass | one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer).; "it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass" |
| ~ computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically. |
| ~ oscillation, cycle | a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon.; "a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons" |
| n. (communication) | 11. bye, pass | you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent.; "he had a bye in the first round" |
| ~ conceding, concession, yielding | the act of conceding or yielding. |
| n. (communication) | 12. liberty chit, pass | a permit to enter or leave a military installation.; "he had to show his pass in order to get out" |
| ~ license, permit, licence | a legal document giving official permission to do something. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| n. (communication) | 13. pass | a complimentary ticket.; "the star got passes for his family" |
| ~ ticket | a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment). |
| n. (act) | 14. crack, fling, go, offer, pass, whirl | a usually brief attempt.; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" |
| ~ attempt, effort, try, endeavor, endeavour | earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try" |
| n. (act) | 15. flip, pass, toss | (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team.; "the pass was fumbled" |
| ~ throw | the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist).; "the catcher made a good throw to second base" |
| ~ centering, snap | (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back.; "the quarterback fumbled the snap" |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| n. (act) | 16. pass, passing, qualifying | success in satisfying a test or requirement.; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry" |
| ~ success | an attainment that is successful.; "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success" |
| v. (motion) | 17. go across, go through, pass | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| ~ break through, crack | pass through (a barrier).; "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county" |
| ~ squeak through, squeak by | escape.; "She squeaked by me" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ transit | pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place).; "The comet will transit on September 11" |
| ~ cross, cut across, cut through, get over, traverse, get across, pass over, track, cover | travel across or pass over.; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" |
| ~ pass through, infiltrate | pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict. |
| ~ run | cover by running; run a certain distance.; "She ran 10 miles that day" |
| ~ move through, pass across, pass through, transit, pass over | make a passage or journey from one place to another.; "The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs;"; "Some travelers pass through the desert" |
| ~ cut | pass directly and often in haste.; "We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner" |
| ~ crash | move violently as through a barrier.; "The terrorists crashed the gate" |
| ~ muscle | make one's way by force.; "He muscled his way into the office" |
| ~ overstep, transgress, trespass | pass beyond (limits or boundaries). |
| ~ negotiate, negociate | succeed in passing through, around, or over.; "The hiker negociated the high mountain pass" |
| ~ lock | pass by means through a lock in a waterway. |
| ~ work, make | proceed along a path.; "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest" |
| ~ cycle | pass through a cycle.; "This machine automatically cycles" |
| ~ blunder, fumble | make one's way clumsily or blindly.; "He fumbled towards the door" |
| v. (motion) | 18. go by, go past, pass, pass by, surpass, travel by | move past.; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ skirt | pass around or about; move along the border.; "The boat skirted the coast" |
| ~ run by | pass by while running.; "We watched children were running by" |
| ~ fly by | pass by while flying.; "An enemy plane flew by" |
| ~ whisk by, zip by, fly by | move by very quickly. |
| v. (social) | 19. legislate, pass | make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation.; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time" |
| ~ enact, ordain | order by virtue of superior authority; decree.; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985" |
| v. (motion) | 20. elapse, glide by, go along, go by, lapse, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by | pass by.; "three years elapsed" |
| ~ advance, march on, move on, progress, go on, pass on | move forward, also in the metaphorical sense.; "Time marches on" |
| ~ fell, vanish, fly | pass away rapidly.; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him" |
| v. (possession) | 21. give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over | place into the hands or custody of.; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" |
| ~ give | leave with; give temporarily.; "Can I give you my keys while I go in the pool?"; "Can I give you the children for the weekend?" |
| ~ transfer | cause to change ownership.; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children" |
| ~ sneak, slip | pass on stealthily.; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking" |
| ~ deal | give (a specific card) to a player.; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades" |
| ~ fork out, fork over, fork up, hand over, turn in, deliver, render | to surrender someone or something to another.; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money" |
| ~ relinquish, resign, give up, release, free | part with a possession or right.; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" |
| ~ entrust, intrust, confide, commit, trust | confer a trust upon.; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" |
| ~ entrust, leave | put into the care or protection of someone.; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care" |
| v. (stative) | 22. extend, go, lead, pass, run | stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point.; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| ~ come | extend or reach.; "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles" |
| ~ ray, radiate | extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center.; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiate spines in all directions" |
| ~ range, run | change or be different within limits.; "Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion"; "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent"; "The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals"; "My students range from very bright to dull" |
| ~ go deep, go far | extend in importance or range.; "His accomplishments go far" |
| v. (motion) | 23. overhaul, overtake, pass | travel past.; "The sports car passed all the trucks" |
| ~ advance, march on, move on, progress, go on, pass on | move forward, also in the metaphorical sense.; "Time marches on" |
| ~ get by | pass or move in front of.; "Bride's Biscuit got by the other dogs to win the race" |
| ~ top, clear | pass by, over, or under without making contact.; "the balloon cleared the tree tops" |
| v. (change) | 24. come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| ~ recrudesce, develop, break | happen.; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time" |
| ~ come up, arise | result or issue.; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion" |
| ~ result | come about or follow as a consequence.; "nothing will result from this meeting" |
| ~ intervene | occur between other event or between certain points of time.; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children" |
| ~ transpire | come about, happen, or occur.; "Several important events transpired last week" |
| ~ give | occur.; "what gives?" |
| ~ operate | happen.; "What is going on in the minds of the people?" |
| ~ supervene | take place as an additional or unexpected development. |
| ~ proceed, go | follow a certain course.; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?" |
| ~ come | come to pass; arrive, as in due course.; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" |
| ~ fall | occur at a specified time or place.; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable" |
| ~ anticipate | be a forerunner of or occur earlier than.; "This composition anticipates Impressionism" |
| ~ develop | be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest.; "The plot developed slowly" |
| ~ recur, repeat | happen or occur again.; "This is a recurring story" |
| ~ come off, go over, go off | happen in a particular manner.; "how did your talk go over?" |
| ~ roll around, come around | happen regularly.; "Christmas rolled around again" |
| ~ materialise, materialize, happen | come into being; become reality.; "Her dream really materialized" |
| ~ bechance, befall, happen | happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance.; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" |
| ~ bechance, befall, betide | become of; happen to.; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?" |
| ~ coincide, concur | happen simultaneously.; "The two events coincided" |
| ~ backfire, backlash, recoil | come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect.; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble" |
| ~ chance | be the case by chance.; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street" |
| ~ break | happen or take place.; "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months" |
| ~ fall, shine, strike | touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly.; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears" |
| ~ turn out | prove to be in the result or end.; "It turns out that he was right" |
| ~ contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize | happen at the same time. |
| v. (social) | 25. clear, pass | go unchallenged; be approved.; "The bill cleared the House" |
| ~ clear | pass an inspection or receive authorization.; "clear customs" |
| ~ bring home the bacon, deliver the goods, succeed, come through, win | attain success or reach a desired goal.; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" |
| v. (stative) | 26. pass, spend | pass time in a specific way.; "how are you spending your summer vacation?" |
| ~ soldier | serve as a soldier in the military. |
| ~ slum | spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive.; "attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century" |
| ~ weekend | spend the weekend. |
| ~ holiday, vacation | spend or take a vacation. |
| ~ serve, do | spend time in prison or in a labor camp.; "He did six years for embezzlement" |
| ~ while away, get through | spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time. |
| ~ sojourn | spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily. |
| ~ overwinter, winter | spend the winter.; "We wintered on the Riviera"; "Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island" |
| ~ summer | spend the summer.; "We summered in Kashmir" |
| v. (contact) | 27. draw, guide, pass, run | pass over, across, or through.; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" |
| ~ rub | move over something with pressure.; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" |
| ~ string, thread, draw | thread on or as if on a string.; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries" |
| ~ thread | pass through or into.; "thread tape"; "thread film" |
| ~ thread | pass a thread through.; "thread a needle" |
| ~ lead, run | cause something to pass or lead somewhere.; "Run the wire behind the cabinet" |
| v. (communication) | 28. communicate, pass, pass along, pass on, put across | transmit information.; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news" |
| ~ implant, plant | put firmly in the mind.; "Plant a thought in the students' minds" |
| ~ send a message | give or constitute a signal, not necessarily verbally.; "The lack of good teachers sends a strong message to all parents in the community" |
| ~ relay | pass along.; "Please relay the news to the villagers" |
| ~ get across, put over | communicate successfully.; "I couldn't get across the message"; "He put over the idea very well" |
| ~ call for, request, bespeak, quest | express the need or desire for; ask for.; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" |
| ~ receipt, acknowledge | report the receipt of.; "The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper" |
| ~ carry | pass on a communication.; "The news was carried to every village in the province" |
| ~ render, deliver, return | pass down.; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" |
| ~ message | send as a message.; "She messaged the final report by fax" |
| ~ message | send a message to.; "She messaged the committee" |
| ~ transmit, communicate, convey | transfer to another.; "communicate a disease" |
| v. (change) | 29. blow over, evanesce, fade, fleet, pass, pass off | disappear gradually.; "The pain eventually passed off" |
| ~ disappear, vanish, go away | get lost, as without warning or explanation.; "He disappeared without a trace" |
| v. (social) | 30. make it, pass | go successfully through a test or a selection process.; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now" |
| ~ ace, breeze through, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through, nail | succeed at easily.; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course" |
| ~ bring home the bacon, deliver the goods, succeed, come through, win | attain success or reach a desired goal.; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" |
| v. (stative) | 31. exceed, go past, overstep, pass, top, transcend | be superior or better than some standard.; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year" |
| ~ excel, surpass, stand out | distinguish oneself.; "She excelled in math" |
| v. (social) | 32. pass | accept or judge as acceptable.; "The teacher passed the student although he was weak" |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ make it, pass | go successfully through a test or a selection process.; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now" |
| v. (social) | 33. pass | allow to go without comment or censure.; "the insult passed as if unnoticed" |
| ~ allow, let, permit | make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen.; "This permits the water to rush in"; "This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement"; "This will permit the rain to run off" |
| v. (possession) | 34. pass | transfer to another; of rights or property.; "Our house passed under his official control" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| v. (motion) | 35. lapse, pass, sink | pass into a specified state or condition.; "He sank into nirvana" |
| ~ move | go or proceed from one point to another.; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" |
| v. (possession) | 36. pass | throw (a ball) to another player.; "Smith passed" |
| ~ throw | propel through the air.; "throw a frisbee" |
| v. (possession) | 37. devolve, fall, pass, return | be inherited by.; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" |
| ~ change hands, change owners | be transferred to another owner.; "This restaurant changed hands twice last year" |
| ~ light, fall | fall to somebody by assignment or lot.; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims" |
| ~ accrue, fall | come into the possession of.; "The house accrued to the oldest son" |
| v. (motion) | 38. make pass, pass | cause to pass.; "She passed around the plates" |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| ~ cycle | cause to go through a recurring sequence.; "cycle the laundry in this washing program" |
| ~ pass off | cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity.; "She passed the glass off as diamonds"; "He passed himself off as a secret agent" |
| ~ pass through | cause to move through.; "Pass a chemical through a solution" |
| ~ lead, run | cause something to pass or lead somewhere.; "Run the wire behind the cabinet" |
| v. (communication) | 39. authorise, authorize, clear, pass | grant authorization or clearance for.; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography" |
| ~ countenance, permit, allow, let | consent to, give permission.; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" |
| ~ approbate | approve or sanction officially. |
| ~ certificate | authorize by certificate. |
| ~ approve, o.k., okay, sanction | give sanction to.; "I approve of his educational policies" |
| ~ declare | authorize payments of.; "declare dividends" |
| ~ licence, license, certify | authorize officially.; "I am licensed to practice law in this state" |
| ~ commission | charge with a task. |
| ~ validate, formalise, formalize | declare or make legally valid. |
| v. (change) | 40. buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" |
| ~ abort | cease development, die, and be aborted.; "an aborting fetus" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate | be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen.; "The child suffocated under the pillow" |
| ~ buy it, pip out | be killed or die. |
| ~ drown | die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating.; "The child drowned in the lake" |
| ~ predecease | die before; die earlier than.; "She predeceased her husband" |
| ~ conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go | stop operating or functioning.; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" |
| ~ starve, famish | die of food deprivation.; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought" |
| ~ die | suffer or face the pain of death.; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith" |
| ~ fall | die, as in battle or in a hunt.; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead" |
| ~ succumb, yield | be fatally overwhelmed. |
| v. (body) | 41. egest, eliminate, excrete, pass | eliminate from the body.; "Pass a kidney stone" |
| ~ perspire, sudate, sweat | excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin.; "Exercise makes one sweat" |
| ~ exudate, exude, ooze out, transude, ooze | release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities.; "exude sweat through the pores" |
| ~ make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piss, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, wee, wee-wee, piddle, urinate, puddle, make | eliminate urine.; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" |
| ~ urinate | pass after the manner of urine.; "The sick men urinated blood" |
| ~ void, empty, evacuate | excrete or discharge from the body. |
| ~ ca-ca, crap, defecate, take a crap, take a shit, shit, stool, make | have a bowel movement.; "The dog had made in the flower beds" |
| ~ barf, be sick, puke, regorge, retch, sick, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, cat, disgorge, spue, spew, chuck, honk, regurgitate, purge, cast | eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" |
| ~ eject, expel, exhaust, release, discharge | eliminate (a substance).; "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas" |
| adj. | 42. pass, passing | of advancing the ball by throwing it.; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play" |
| ~ football, football game | any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal. |
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