by

by has 12 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 2.

Definitions

• pref.. In the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from; close to; along with; as, come and sit by me.
• pref.. On; along; in traversing. Compare 5.
• pref.. Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side of; past; as, to go by a church.
• pref.. Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty.
• pref.. Against.
• 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.
• adv.. Near; in the neighborhood; present; as, there was no person by at the time.
• adv.. Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by.
• adv.. Aside; as, to lay by; to put 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.
• adv.. in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day"
• adv.. so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past"