'Past' definitions:

Definition of 'past'

(from WordNet)
adverb
So as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past" [syn: by, past]
adjective
Earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year" [ant: future, present(a)]
adjective
Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board" [syn: past(a), preceding(a), retiring(a)]
noun
The time that has elapsed; "forget the past" [syn: past, past times, yesteryear] [ant: future, futurity, hereafter, time to come]
noun
A earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret); "reporters dug into the candidate's past"
noun
A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past [syn: past, past tense]

Definition of 'Past'

From: GCIDE
  • Past \Past\, a. [From Pass, v.] Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences. "Past ages." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Past master. See under Master. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Past'

From: GCIDE
  • Past \Past\, n. A former time or state; a state of things gone by. "The past, at least, is secure." --D. Webster. [1913 Webster]
  • The present is only intelligible in the light of the past, often a very remote past indeed. --Trench. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Past'

From: GCIDE
  • Past \Past\, prep.
  • 1. Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of. "Who being past feeling." --Eph. iv. 19. "Galled past endurance." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • Until we be past thy borders. --Num. xxi. 22. [1913 Webster]
  • Love, when once past government, is consequently past shame. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour. [1913 Webster]
  • Is it not past two o'clock? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Above; exceeding; more than. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • Not past three quarters of a mile. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Bows not past three quarters of a yard long. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Past'

From: GCIDE
  • Past \Past\ (p[.a]st), adv. By; beyond; as, he ran past. [1913 Webster]
  • The alarum of drums swept past. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'past'

From: Moby Thesaurus