Adverb (-) Along a path which runs by the speaker. I watched as it passedby. In the vicinity, near. There was a shepherd closeby. The shop is hardbythe High Street. * Joseph Conrad,Heart of Darkness [The helmsman] steered with no end of a swagger while you wereby; but if he lo...
As an adverbdeadis exactly right. As a verbdeadis formerly, "be dead" was used instead of "have died" as the perfect tense of "die". dad English (wikipedia dad) Alternative forms * , Dad Noun (en noun) (label) A father, a male parent. ...