past (
http://definr.com/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adj 1: earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time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: (grammar) a verb tense or other construction referring to
events or states that existed at some previous time; "past
participle"
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]
adv : so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past"
[syn:
by]