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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain [syn: faint, conk, swoon, pass out]
2: give to several people; "The teacher handed out the exams" [syn: distribute, give out, hand out, pass out]
3: lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example [syn: zonk out, pass out, black out]

Merriam Webster's

verb Date: 1899 intransitive verb 1. die 1 2. to lose consciousness transitive verb to reject (a deal in bridge) as unplayable because everyone has passed on the first round of bidding

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you pass out, you faint or collapse. He felt sick and dizzy and then passed out... PHRASAL VERB: V P 2. When a police, army, navy, or air force cadet passes out, he or she completes his or her training. (BRIT) He passed out in November 1924 and was posted to No 24 Squadron. PHRASAL VERB: V P

Moby Thesaurus

be consumed, be drunk, be gone, be intoxicated, black out, bow out, buy it, cash in, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, check in, check out, circulate, come across with, crap out, croak, decease, deliver, deliver over, dematerialize, demise, depart, die, die away, die out, disappear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, distribute, do a fade-out, drop, drop off, dwindle, egress, erode, evanesce, evaporate, exit, expire, fade, fade away, fade out, faint, fall senseless, flee, fly, fork over, forward, get out, give in, give out, give over, go, go away, go out, go west, gray out, hand, hand in, hand out, hand over, have it, hide, keel over, kick in, kick off, kick the bucket, knock off, leave no trace, leave the scene, make an exit, march out, melt, melt away, pass, pass away, pass over, peg out, perish, pipe off, pop off, reach, reel, render, resign, retire from sight, run out, see double, shove off, sink, sink away, stagger, step off, succumb, suffer an eclipse, surrender, swoon, transfer, turn over, vanish, vanish from sight, walk out, waste, waste away, wear away