Past riddles

I can smile, tell time without moving, and be the surface of a thing. What am I?

I turn earth for future bread and also wallow where piglets bed. What am I?

I am a place where silence reigns, with stones that tell of life's remains. Rows and rows,...

I can mean 'go away' or 'permission to stay'; sometimes you take me, sometimes you give me...

I take root and drink the sun, I hum with gears where products run. What am I?

I take a step to move you along, yet I also lie flat to mark how long. What am I?

I can be paid or push a life into light; I build towers and fight for rights. What am I?

I am a force, both strong and grand, in every country, I take a stand.

Count me before deductions or count me as foul. I can swell a ledger or make you recoil. W...

I hold a child with no arms, and run a circuit with no legs. What am I?