3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Bye \Bye\ (b[imac]), n. 1. A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye, i. e., in passing; indirectly; by implication. [Obs. except in the phrase by the bye.] [1913 Webster] The Synod of Dort condemneth upon the bye even the discipline of the Church of England. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. (Cricket) A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye. --T. Hughes. [1913 Webster] 3. In various sports in which the contestants are drawn in pairs, the position or turn of one left with no opponent in consequence of an odd number being engaged; as, to draw a bye in a round of a tennis tournament. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 4. (Golf) The hole or holes of a stipulated course remaining unplayed at the end of a match. [1913 Webster] {By the bye}, in passing; by way of digression; apropos to the matter in hand. [Written also {by the by}.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Bye \Bye\ (b[imac]) n. [AS. b[=y]; cf. Icel. byg[eth] dwelling, byggja, b[=u]a, to dwell [root]97.] 1. A dwelling. --Gibson. [1913 Webster] 2. In certain games, a station or place of an individual player. --Emerson. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: bye n 1: you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round" [syn: {pass}] 2: a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes" [syn: {adieu}, {adios}, {arrivederci}, {auf wiedersehen}, {au revoir}, {bye-bye}, {cheerio}, {good-by}, {goodby}, {good-bye}, {goodbye}, {good day}, {sayonara}, {so long}]
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