Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

Dictionary search results

Showing 1-50 of 262 results

by US English

…identifying the agent performing an action…

by- US English

…subordinate; incidental; secondary…

bye1 US English

…the transfer of a competitor directly to the next round of a competition in the absence of an assigned opponent…

do by in do1 US English

…treat or deal with in a specified way…

go-by US English

…avoid or snub someone…

by air in air US English

…in an aircraft…

by far in far US English

…by a great amount…

get by in get US English

…manage with difficulty to live or accomplish something…

lay-by US English

…an area at the side of a road where vehicles may pull off the road and stop…

by sea in sea US English

…by means of a ship or ships…

sit by in sit US English

…take no action in order to prevent something undesirable from occurring…

by-blow US English

…a side-blow not at the main target…

by-form US English

…a secondary form of a word…

come by in come US English

…call casually and briefly as a visitor…

drop by/in in drop US English

…call informally and briefly as a visitor…

on or by foot in foot US English

…walking rather than traveling by car or using other transport…

by hand in hand US English

…by a person and not a machine…

hard by in hard US English

…close to…

by Jove in Jove US English

…an exclamation indicating surprise or used for emphasis…

by name in name US English

…using the name of someone or something…

by road in road US English

…in or on a road vehicle…

stop by or in in stop US English

…call briefly and informally as a visitor…

by wire in wire US English

…by telegraph…

by and by in by US English

…before long; eventually…

by the by or bye in by US English

…incidentally; parenthetically…

by oneself in by US English

…alone…

by-catch US English

…the unwanted fish and other marine creatures caught during commercial fishing for a different species…

by choice in choice US English

…of one’s own volition…

close by in close1 US English

…very near; nearby…

by deputy in deputy US English

…instructing another person to act in one’s stead; by proxy…

by design in design US English

…as a result of a plan; intentionally…

drive-by US English

…(of a shooting or other act) carried out from a passing vehicle…

by heart in heart US English

…from memory…

by inches in inch1 US English

…only just…

by jingo! in jingo US English

…an exclamation of surprise…

by order of in order US English

…according to directions given by the proper authority…

by parol in parol US English

…by oral declaration…

by rights in right US English

…if things had happened or been done fairly or correctly…

as of right or by right in right US English

…as a result of having a moral or legal claim or entitlement…

stand by in stand US English

…be present while something bad is happening but fail to take any action to stop it…

swear by in swear US English

…have or express great confidence in the use, value, or effectiveness of…

by turns in turn US English

…one after the other; alternately…

by water in water US English

…using a ship or boat for travel or transport…

by accident in accident US English

…unintentionally; by chance…

by-election US English

…an election to fill a vacancy arising during a term of office…

by courtesy in courtesy US English

…as a favor rather than by right…

by default in default US English

…because of a lack of opposition…

by degrees in degree US English

…a little at a time; gradually…

by marriage in marriage US English

…as a result of a marriage…

by mistake in mistake US English

…accidentally; in error…