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Bye

//baɪ// adj, intj, name, noun, prep, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Out of the way; remote.

    "At length having gained a very bye Alley, where he thought he might enter into a Conference unnoticed by any who knew him."

  2. 2
    Secondary; supplementary.

    "But the two labourers of whom I am speaking had their allowances, lived on their fixed wages with the profits of their bye labour, one being pig-killer to the village, and, therefore, always busy from Michaelmas to Lady-day, at a shilling a pig, and the offal, on which his family subsisted, wit h the produce of their small curtilage, for half the year."

Intj
  1. 1
    Goodbye. colloquial
  2. 2
    An exclamation of disbelief or dismissal. slang

    "“Okay, busted. But you see all them muscles, girl?” She shakes her head, laughing. “Nope. I only have eyes for my boo.” “Girl, bye. You can still look.” She giggles. “Well, I ain’t lookin’ hard, trust.[…]”"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    The position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed, or is awarded points for a win in a league table; also the phantom opponent of such a person or team.

    "Craig's Crew plays the bye next week."

  2. 2
    Eye dialect spelling of boy. alt-of, pronunciation-spelling

    ""So what shall I do, now, Patric? Can you think of any plan? "Bedad!" said Pat , as he scratched his head , “ I'm the very bye that can.""

  3. 3
    Obsolete spelling of bee. alt-of, obsolete
  4. 4
    a farewell remark wordnet
  5. 5
    An extra scored when the batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting either the bat or the batsman.
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  1. 6
    an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent wordnet
  2. 7
    A thing not directly aimed at; a secondary or subsidiary object, course, path, undertaking, issue, etc. obsolete

    "The Synod of Dort in some points condemneth, upon the by, even the discipline of the Church of England."

  3. 8
    An unspecified way or place. Scotland

    "Frank Kennedy will shew you the penalties in the act, and ye ken yoursell they used to put their run goods into the auld Place of Ellangowan up bye there."

  4. 9
    A pass.
Preposition
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of by. alt-of, obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

Variant form of by, from Old English bī (“being near”).

Etymology 2

Variant form of by, from Old English bī (“being near”).

Etymology 3

Shortened form of goodbye.

Etymology 4

Alternative forms.

Etymology 5

Alternative forms.

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