--- title: B — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 59 description: The 1119 words of the English dictionary under B, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / B # B — The English dictionary · page 59 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) … [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/58/) **59** **buttress** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A buttress is a thick wall or support of stone or brick built against a wall to hold it up and stop it falling outwards.[↗](../../buttress/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A flying buttress is an arch that reaches from a separate pillar to support a tall wall, as in Gothic cathedrals.[↗](../../buttress/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To buttress something is to support or strengthen it, often an argument or idea.[↗](../../buttress/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A buttress root is a wide, flat root that holds up a tall rainforest tree.[↗](../../buttress/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old church wall is held up by stone buttresses.[↗](../../buttress/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Flying buttresses support the walls of Notre-Dame in Paris.[↗](../../buttress/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Rainforest trees have huge buttress roots.[↗](../../buttress/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Buttresses let builders make tall walls with big windows.[↗](../../buttress/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She buttressed her argument with lots of facts.[↗](../../buttress/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle wall had a buttress at each corner.[↗](../../buttress/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We crawled between the buttress roots of a giant fig tree.[↗](../../buttress/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Shout against her round about, she hath submitted herself; her buttresses are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of the LORD, take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.[↗](../../buttress/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.50.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../buttress/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **butty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK informal, especially northern England) A butty is a sandwich, often with a hot filling: «a chip butty», «a bacon butty».[↗](../../butty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK dialect, Wales) A butty can mean a friend or workmate.[↗](../../butty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandad made me a bacon butty for breakfast.[↗](../../butty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A chip butty is chips in a buttered roll.[↗](../../butty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Do you want a jam butty for your lunch?[↗](../../butty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We had butties on the beach in Blackpool.[↗](../../butty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He's my old butty from the mine.[↗](../../butty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Pass us a butty, I'm starving.[↗](../../butty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **buy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To buy is to get something by paying money for it.[↗](../../buy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A buy is something bought: this coat was a good buy (it was worth the money).[↗](../../buy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Ben bought 6 cards on Monday and 5 cards on Tuesday.[↗](../../buy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") How many cards did Ben buy in total?[↗](../../buy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mia buys 8 packs of cards.[↗](../../buy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") A pack holds 3 cards.[↗](../../buy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sam has 20 pence and buys a pen for 7 pence.[↗](../../buy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") How much money is left?[↗](../../buy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We buy bread at the bakery.[↗](../../buy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I saved my pocket money to buy a new ball.[↗](../../buy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum bought a bag of apples for 3 dollars.[↗](../../buy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Can I buy a ticket here?[↗](../../buy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It is cheaper to buy a big pack.[↗](../../buy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “But why did you buy me?[↗](../../buy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn from Egypt.[↗](../../buy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../buy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And our father said: Go again, buy us a little food.[↗](../../buy/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.44.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../buy/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food.[↗](../../buy/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.43.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../buy/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.[↗](../../buy/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.23.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../buy/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · So the near kinsman said unto Boaz: 'Buy it for thyself.'[↗](../../buy/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") And he drew off his shoe.[↗](../../buy/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings RUT.4.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../buy/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, seeing he hath no understanding?[↗](../../buy/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.17.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../buy/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **buyer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who buys something: the buyer of the house.[↗](../../buyer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person whose job is choosing and buying goods for a shop or company: a fashion buyer.[↗](../../buyer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The buyer paid 20 pounds for the bike.[↗](../../buyer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The seller wants 50 dollars but the buyer offers 40.[↗](../../buyer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The house has found a buyer.[↗](../../buyer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A wise buyer compares prices before choosing.[↗](../../buyer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum is a buyer for a big toy shop.[↗](../../buyer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If the buyer gives 10 dollars for a 7-dollar book, the change is 3 dollars.[↗](../../buyer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Presently a buyer came along and asked if the Sow produced good litters.[↗](../../buyer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · 'It is bad, it is bad', saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.[↗](../../buyer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.20.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../buyer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The time is come, the day draweth near; let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.[↗](../../buyer/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.7.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../buyer/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · whose buyers slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say: Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.[↗](../../buyer/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.11.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../buyer/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **buzz** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To buzz is to make a long low humming sound like a bee or a fly.[↗](../../buzz/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A buzz is that sound, or the sound of a doorbell, alarm or phone vibrating.[↗](../../buzz/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To buzz is to press a buzzer, for example to let someone into a building.[↗](../../buzz/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A buzz is an excited, busy feeling: «There was a buzz in the classroom.».[↗](../../buzz/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (informal) To give someone a buzz is to phone them.[↗](../../buzz/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* To buzz around is to move about quickly and busily.[↗](../../buzz/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bees buzzed around the flowers.[↗](../../buzz/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A fly was buzzing at the window.[↗](../../buzz/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My phone buzzed in my pocket.[↗](../../buzz/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Buzz me in when I ring the bell.[↗](../../buzz/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a buzz of excitement before the trip.[↗](../../buzz/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The school was buzzing with news of the snow day.[↗](../../buzz/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I'll give you a buzz later.[↗](../../buzz/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Press the buzzer if you know the answer\![↗](../../buzz/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **buzzard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A buzzard is a large bird of prey with broad wings that circles high in the sky and hunts small animals.[↗](../../buzzard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A buzzard circled over the field.[↗](../../buzzard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The buzzard let out a loud cry.[↗](../../buzzard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a buzzard sitting on a fence post.[↗](../../buzzard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **buzzing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Buzzing is making a low humming sound like a bee or fly.[↗](../../buzzing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Buzzing means full of activity, noise and excitement.[↗](../../buzzing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The hall was buzzing.[↗](../../buzzing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In British and Irish slang, buzzing means very happy and excited.[↗](../../buzzing/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Buzzing someone in means pressing a button to open a door for them.[↗](../../buzzing/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Bees were buzzing around the flowers.[↗](../../buzzing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I heard a fly buzzing at the window.[↗](../../buzzing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The playground was buzzing with excitement.[↗](../../buzzing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My phone is buzzing in my pocket.[↗](../../buzzing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We made the buzzer in our circuit start buzzing.[↗](../../buzzing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She was buzzing after winning the race.[↗](../../buzzing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Press the button and they will buzz you in.[↗](../../buzzing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Hark, what a buzzing and humming there is!"[↗](../../buzzing/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Ah, land of the buzzing of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia; (Prophets ISA.18.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../buzzing/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **by** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* By shows who does something: a book by Roald Dahl.[↗](../../by/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* By shows how something is done: by bus, by hand.[↗](../../by/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* By means next to: sit by the window.[↗](../../by/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* By means not later than: be home by six.[↗](../../by/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* In maths, by names the number you multiply or divide by, or how much something changes: grew by 3; a room 4 by 5 metres.[↗](../../by/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* As an adverb, by means past: the cars went by.[↗](../../by/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (casual) «Stop by», «drop by», «pop by» mean visit for a short time; «by the way» or «btw» adds a new point.[↗](../../by/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (formal) The exam voice uses «by» in stiff phrases: «by means of», «by virtue of», «increased by a factor of», «by the conclusion of».[↗](../../by/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 9:* By design means on purpose, planned in advance.[↗](../../by/#m9 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* When there are several equal groups, we multiply the number of groups by the size of one group.[↗](../../by/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Divide 20 by 4.[↗](../../by/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cake was cut by Dad into 8 pieces.[↗](../../by/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We go to school by bus.[↗](../../by/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The plant grew by 3 centimetres this week.[↗](../../by/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Please hand in your homework by Friday.[↗](../../by/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She sat by the fire to get warm.[↗](../../by/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I learned the poem by heart.[↗](../../by/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The children came in one by one.[↗](../../by/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · btw nan's stopping by at 5, set another plate[↗](../../by/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Sorry, I took your pen by mistake.[↗](../../by/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The quantity is subsequently increased by a factor of 3; determine the resulting value.[↗](../../by/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · "No, sir, by design," returned Aladdin.[↗](../../by/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And they did eat there by the heap.[↗](../../by/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.46, JPS 1917)[↗](../../by/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.[↗](../../by/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.21.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../by/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi.[↗](../../by/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.3.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../by/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · They are wholly consumed by terrors.[↗](../../by/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.73.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../by/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by.[↗](../../by/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.16.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../by/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · Who can number the clouds by wisdom?[↗](../../by/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../by/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") **bye** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Bye is a short, friendly way to say goodbye.[↗](../../bye/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In sport, a bye is when a team or player goes on to the next round without playing because there is no opponent.[↗](../../bye/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In cricket, a bye is a run scored when the ball passes the batter without being hit.[↗](../../bye/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* By and bye is an old phrase meaning after a while or soon.[↗](../../bye/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Bye, see you tomorrow\![↗](../../bye/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Say bye-bye to Grandma.[↗](../../bye/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bye for now\![↗](../../bye/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She waved and said bye.[↗](../../bye/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team got a bye into the next round.[↗](../../bye/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The batters ran two byes.[↗](../../bye/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Bye, Mum, I'm going to school\![↗](../../bye/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · By and bye he called again.[↗](../../bye/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **bygone** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (adjective) From a time long ago; past: a bygone age, bygone days.[↗](../../bygone/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun, plural) Things from the past.[↗](../../bygone/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In «let bygones be bygones»: to forget old arguments and be friends again.[↗](../../bygone/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The museum shows life in a bygone age.[↗](../../bygone/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Steam trains remind Grandad of bygone days.[↗](../../bygone/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's let bygones be bygones and be friends.[↗](../../bygone/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The village still has the charm of a bygone era.[↗](../../bygone/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They talked about bygones all evening.[↗](../../bygone/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They held each other by the hand exactly as the great-grandfather and the great-grandmother had done outside, and, like them, they talked about bygone days and of their golden wedding.[↗](../../bygone/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **bypass** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A road that goes around a town instead of through it.[↗](../../bypass/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (medicine) An operation that makes a new path for blood to flow around a blocked part of the heart's blood vessels.[↗](../../bypass/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To go around something or someone to avoid it.[↗](../../bypass/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To ignore a rule or system or avoid using it.[↗](../../bypass/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We took the bypass to avoid the town traffic.[↗](../../bypass/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad had a heart bypass operation.[↗](../../bypass/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The new road will bypass the village.[↗](../../bypass/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · You cannot bypass the queue just because you're in a hurry.[↗](../../bypass/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hackers tried to bypass the password.[↗](../../bypass/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The river bypassed the old mill.[↗](../../bypass/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **bypath** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A side path, away from the main road.[↗](../../bypath/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* For My people hath forgotten Me, they offer unto vanity; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths, in a way not cast up; (Prophets JER.18.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bypath/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **byre** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Old use: a cowshed, a farm building where cows are kept.[↗](../../byre/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cows were milked in the byre.[↗](../../byre/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Clean out the byre before the storm.[↗](../../byre/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The king's son slept in the byre.[↗](../../byre/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **bystander** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bystander is a person who is near when something happens, especially an accident, a fight or bullying, but is not part of it.[↗](../../bystander/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A bystander called the ambulance.[↗](../../bystander/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't just be a bystander when someone is being bullied — tell a teacher.[↗](../../bystander/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Several bystanders saw the accident.[↗](../../bystander/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · An innocent bystander was hurt by the falling sign.[↗](../../bystander/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A bystander who helps is called an upstander.[↗](../../bystander/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bystanders cheered when the cat was rescued.[↗](../../bystander/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Having broken her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders.[↗](../../bystander/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **byte** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A unit of computer memory or data made of 8 bits (8 ones and zeros); one byte can store one letter like «A».[↗](../../byte/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* One byte is made of eight bits.[↗](../../byte/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A single letter takes up about one byte.[↗](../../byte/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · This photo is about 3 megabytes.[↗](../../byte/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My tablet has 64 gigabytes of storage.[↗](../../byte/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A kilobyte is about a thousand bytes.[↗](../../byte/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The game needs a lot of bytes of memory.[↗](../../byte/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We counted the bytes in our secret binary message.[↗](../../byte/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **byway** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A byway is a small side road or lane, quieter than a main road.[↗](../../byway/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways ceased, and the travellers walked through byways.[↗](../../byway/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.5.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../byway/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We took the byway through the woods.[↗](../../byway/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The witch lived down a dusty byway.[↗](../../byway/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Highways and byways were full of people that day.[↗](../../byway/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **byword** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A saying or name that people use as a short example of something, often an example of something bad.[↗](../../byword/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither the LORD shall lead thee away.[↗](../../byword/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../byword/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I made sackcloth also my garment, and I became a byword unto them.[↗](../../byword/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.69.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../byword/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And now I am become their song, yea, I am a byword unto them.[↗](../../byword/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.30.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../byword/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.[↗](../../byword/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.44.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../byword/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **byzantine** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (history) Byzantine describes the Byzantine Empire, the eastern part of the Roman Empire, which lasted for about a thousand years after Rome fell, with its capital at Constantinople (now Istanbul).[↗](../../byzantine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (history, art, church) Byzantine art and churches have gold mosaics, domes and holy pictures called icons.[↗](../../byzantine/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) byzantine (small b) means far too complicated and hard to understand: byzantine rules.[↗](../../byzantine/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Byzantine Empire's capital was Constantinople.[↗](../../byzantine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hagia Sophia is a famous Byzantine church with a huge dome.[↗](../../byzantine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Byzantine mosaics shine with tiny pieces of gold glass.[↗](../../byzantine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Orthodox Christians still pray with icons in the Byzantine style.[↗](../../byzantine/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The club's rules were so byzantine that nobody understood them.[↗](../../byzantine/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Byzantines spoke Greek but called themselves Romans.[↗](../../byzantine/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) … [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/58/) **59** - ← previous: [page 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/58/) - next →: [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)