Past

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adv By; beyond; as, he ran past.

II. Past ·prep Above; exceeding; more than.

III. Past ·prep Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour.

IV. Past ·noun A former time or state; a state of things gone by.

V. Past ·prep Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of.

VI. Past ·v Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.