Index of English words, starting with "by"

(1) - By (a.) Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc.
(2) - By (adv.) Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.
(3) - By (adv.) Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by.
(4) - By (adv.) Near; in the neighborhood; present; as, there was no person by at the time.
(5) - By (pref.) With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take by force.
(6) - By (pref.) Against.
(7) - By (pref.) Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty.
(8) - By (pref.) Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side of; past; as, to go by a church.
(9) - By (pref.) On; along; in traversing. Compare 5.
(10) - By (pref.) In the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from; close to; along with; as, come and sit by me.

(1) - By-blow (n.) An illegitimate child; a bastard.
(2) - By-blow (n.) A side or incidental blow; an accidental blow.

(1) - By-election (n.) An election held by itself, not at the time of a general election.

(1) - By-pass (n.) A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course.