by¹ /bī/

1. At the side of
2. Near to
3. Along a route passing through, via
4. Past
5. (in oaths) in the presence of, or with the witness of
6. Through (denoting the agent, cause, means, etc)
7. To the extent of
8. In quantity measurable in terms of
9. In accordance with
10. In respect of
11. (of time) not after
12. During (day, night, etc)
13. Multiplied into, or combined with another dimension of
14. In succession to
15. (of horses, etc) sired by
16. Besides (Scot)
17. In comparison with (Scot)

1. By the time that (archaic and Scot)
2. Than (Scot)

1. Near
2. Aside
3. Away
4. Past
5. In reserve
6. To or at one's home

by- or bye- prefix

1. Near
2. Aside
3. Past
4. Side, subsidiary
5. Indirect
6. Incidental

by-and-byˈ noun (N American)

The future, a future occasion

adverb

In succession (Spenser)

byˈ-blow noun

1. A side blow
2. An illegitimate child (archaic)

byˈcatch noun

Fish that are inadvertently caught along with the desired catch, esp immature fish or fish of a protected species

byˈ-corner noun

An out-of-the-way place

byˈ-drinking noun (Shakespeare)

Drinking between meals

byˈ-election noun

A parliamentary election for a seat during the sitting of parliament

byˈ-end noun

A subsidiary aim

byˈ-form noun

1. A subsidiary form
2. A form varying from the usual one

byˈ-going noun

The action of passing by (esp in in the by-going, in passing)

byˈgone /-gon/ adjective

Former, past

byˈgones plural noun

1. Past happenings or grievances
2. Ornaments, household articles, etc of former times which are not fine enough, or not old enough, to be valued as antiques (also in sing)

byˈ-lane noun

A side lane or passage out of the common road

byˈlaw or byeˈ-law see separate entry.

byˈline noun

1. A line at the head of a newspaper or magazine article or photograph naming the author or photographer
2. The touchline (football)

byˈ-mōtive noun

An unavowed motive

byˈ-name or byˈname noun

1. A nickname
2. Another name by which a person is known

byˈ-ordinar adjective (Scot)

Extraordinary

byˈpass noun

A road, route or passage for carrying traffic, fluids, electricity, etc round an obstruction, congested place, etc (cardiopulmonary bypass a method whereby (in cardiac surgery) circulation and oxygenation of blood are maintained artificially, bypassing the heart and lungs; coronary bypass a surgical operation to bypass a blocked coronary artery with a grafted blood vessel from eg the patient's leg)

transitive verb

1. To supply with a bypass
2. To direct (eg fluid) along a bypass
3. To go round and beyond by a bypass
4. To ignore, leave out
5. To evade

byˈ-passage noun

A side passage

byˈ-past adjective (Shakespeare)

1. Past
2. Gone by

byˈpath noun

A secluded or indirect path

byˈplace noun

A secluded place

• dirigibles
• dirigism
• dirigisme
• dirigismes
• dirigiste
• diriment
• dirk
• dirke
• dirked
• dirking
• dirks
• dirl
• dirled
• dirling
• dirls
• dirndl
• dirndls
• dirt
• dirtbag
• dirtbags
• dirt-bed
• dirt-beds
• dirt bike
• dirt bikes
• dirt cheap