bye | Lernwerd

Forms

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.
- The Patriots were in the unique situation of having to play 16 straight games, then have their bye in week 17, whether they needed it or not.
2.An extra scored when the batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting either the bat or the batsman.
3.An unspecified way or place.
- No word of a new house-keeper down bye, Wull?
- This was lattin at me, ye ken, for inveetin the coachman an' the gamekeeper up bye.
- There's a friend of yours up bye that would be blithe to see you, up the rig from the auld aik on the road to the Greenshiel.
4.A pass.

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.Secondary; supplementary.
- It is the custom in some provinces to pay only according to the basic crops produced, but in others the share is calculated out of the total produce of the farm, both bye and main products.

1.Goodbye.(colloquial)
2.An exclamation of disbelief or dismissal.(slang)
- "I just want Johnny to leave me alone." Girl, bye. Control your lap dog.

Uncommon· #3075

Variant form of by

From Old English bī (“being near”).