driven well tube well | a well made by driving a tube into the earth to a stratum that bears water |
dead hand dead hand of the past mortmain | the oppressive influence of past events or decisions |
past past tense | a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past |
past participle perfect participle | a participle that expresses completed action |
past master | someone who has long and thorough experience in a given activity |
past master | someone who was formerly a master |
past perfect past perfect tense pluperfect pluperfect tense | a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past, `I had finished' is an example of the past perfect |
past progressive past progressive tense | a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past, `I had been running' is an example of the past progressive |
past past times yesteryear | the time that has elapsed, forget the past |
past | a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret), reporters dug into the candidate's past |
travel by pass by surpass go past go by pass | move past, A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window, He passed his professor in the hall, One line of soldiers surpassed the other |
exceed transcend overstep pass go past top a | be superior or better than some standard, She exceeded our expectations, She topped her performance of last year |
compulsive determined driven | strongly motivated to succeed |
automated machine-controlled machine-driven | operated by automation, an automated stoker |
past(a) preceding(a) retiring(a) | of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office, a retiring member of the board |
driven impelled | urged or forced to action through moral pressure, felt impelled to take a stand against the issue |
past | earlier than the present time, no longer current, time past, his youth is past, this past Thursday, the past year |
power-driven | powered by a motor, a power-driven hand tool |
driven goaded | compelled forcibly by an outside agency, mobs goaded by blind hatred |
by past | so as to pass a given point, every hour a train goes past |