breech vs past

breech

adj
  • Born, or having been born, breech. 

adv
  • With the hips coming out before the head. 

verb
  • To fit or furnish with a breech. 

  • To fasten with breeching. 

noun
  • The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber. 

  • A breech birth. 

  • A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks. 

  • The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat. 

past

adj
  • Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous. 

  • Having already happened; in the past; finished. 

  • Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago. 

  • Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state. 

adv
  • In a direction that passes. 

prep
  • Beyond in place or quantity 

  • Any number of minutes after the last hour 

  • Having recovered or moved on from (a traumatic experience, etc.). 

  • No longer capable of. 

  • Passing by, especially without stopping or being delayed. 

noun
  • The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future. 

  • The past tense. 

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