"near by" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more near by",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most near by",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "near by (comparative more near by, superlative most near by)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "nearby"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1899 April, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number MII, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part III (Conclusion), page 635, column 1:",
          "text": "We were on deck at the time, and the head-man of my woodcutters, lounging near by, turned upon him his heavy and glittering eyes.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1918, Henry B[lake] Fuller, On the Stairs, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Hougton Mifflin Company; Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, →OCLC, part III, section IV, page 97:",
          "text": "If you are full, call somebody to take us and our baggage to some hotel near by that is not full.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 110, column 1:",
          "text": "Near by he could see the thicket of raspberry canes, growing tall and close like a tropical jungle, in whose shadow he had played with the Boy on bygone mornings.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1930 July, John Buchan, “The First Day of the Hegira—The Inn at Watermeeting”, in Castle Gay, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company; Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, →OCLC, page 140:",
          "text": "‘Where are you bound for?’ Jaikie asked. / ‘Near by.[…]’",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of nearby."
      ],
      "id": "en-near_by-en-adv-o~kGY4jL",
      "links": [
        [
          "nearby",
          "nearby#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "near by"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more near by",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most near by",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "near by (comparative more near by, superlative most near by)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "nearby"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English adverbs",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1899 April, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number MII, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part III (Conclusion), page 635, column 1:",
          "text": "We were on deck at the time, and the head-man of my woodcutters, lounging near by, turned upon him his heavy and glittering eyes.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1918, Henry B[lake] Fuller, On the Stairs, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Hougton Mifflin Company; Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, →OCLC, part III, section IV, page 97:",
          "text": "If you are full, call somebody to take us and our baggage to some hotel near by that is not full.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 110, column 1:",
          "text": "Near by he could see the thicket of raspberry canes, growing tall and close like a tropical jungle, in whose shadow he had played with the Boy on bygone mornings.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1930 July, John Buchan, “The First Day of the Hegira—The Inn at Watermeeting”, in Castle Gay, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company; Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, →OCLC, page 140:",
          "text": "‘Where are you bound for?’ Jaikie asked. / ‘Near by.[…]’",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of nearby."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nearby",
          "nearby#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "near by"
}