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

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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

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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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