Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Past \Past\, adv.
   By; beyond; as, he ran past.

         The alarum of drums swept past.          --Longfellow.

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.

   {Past master}. See under {Master}.

Past \Past\, n.
   A former time or state; a state of things gone by. ``The
   past, at least, is secure.'' --D. Webster.

         The present is only intelligible in the light of the
         past, often a very remote past indeed.   --Trench.

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.

            Until we be past thy borders.         --Num. xxi.
                                                  22.

            Love, when once past government, is consequently
            past shame.                           --L'Estrange.

Source : WordNet®

past
     adj 1: earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time
            past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the
            past year" [ant: {present(a)}, {future}]
     2: 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)}]
     3: a verb tense or other construction referring to events or
        states that existed at some previous time; "past
        participle"

past
     n 1: the time that has elapsed; "forget the past" [syn: {past
          times}, {yesteryear}, {yore}] [ant: {future}]
     2: a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they
        have reason to keep secret); "reporters dug into the
        candidate's past"
     3: a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
        [syn: {past tense}]

past
     adv : so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past"
           [syn: {by}]