Bye

·noun A Dwelling.

II. Bye ·noun A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye.

III. Bye ·noun In certain games, a station or place of an individual player.

IV. Bye ·add. ·noun The hole or holes of a stipulated course remaining unplayed at the end of a match.

V. Bye ·noun 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.

VI. Bye ·add. ·noun 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.