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BYPASS
beltway, bypass, ring road, ringway
(noun) a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
shunt, electrical shunt, bypass
(noun) a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
bypass
(noun) a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around
(verb) avoid something unpleasant or laborious; “You cannot bypass these rules!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bypass (plural bypasses)
a road that passes around something, such as a residential area
a circumvention
a section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture
an electrical shunt
(medicine) an alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass
Verb
bypass (third-person singular simple present bypasses, present participle bypassing, simple past and past participle bypassed)
to avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass
to ignore the usual channels or procedures
Anagrams
• pass by
Source: Wiktionary
By"-pass, n. (Mech.)
Definition: A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CHRONIC
(adjective) being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; “chronic indigestion”; “a chronic shortage of funds”; “a chronic invalid”
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