passes

Noun

pass (plural passes)

1. 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

   Synonyms:

   gap, notch

2. 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
3. A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
   • [The bear] made a pass at the dog, but he swung out and above him […]1921, John Griffin, "Trailing the Grizzly in Oregon", in Forest and Stream, pages 389-391 and 421-424, republished by Jeanette Prodgers in 1997 in The Only Good Bear is a Dead Bear, page 35
4. A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.

   Synonyms:

   transit

5. An attempt.
   • My first pass at a career of writing proved unsuccessful.
   1. 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.

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