1. (v.) of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.

2. (n.) A former time or state; a state of things gone by.

3. (prep.) Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of.

4. (prep.) Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour.

5. (prep.) Above; exceeding; more than.

6. (adv.) By; beyond; as, he ran past.