bypass
bypass
v.
evade, avoid; go around; take a detour
n.
road which avoids a city or traffic area; detour; (Medicine) new pathway surgically created (for example: one created around an obstructed segment in the blood-pumping system or around a blocked alimentary tract); tubular pathway created surgically
Bypass
bypass
Noun
1. a road that takes traffic around the edge of a town
(synonym) circumferential, ring road
(hypernym) road, route
(derivation) short-circuit, go around, get around
2. a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
(hypernym) shunt
3. a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
(synonym) shunt, electrical shunt
(hypernym) conductor
(part-holonym) circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit
Verb
1. avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!"
(synonym) short-circuit, go around, get around
(hypernym) avoid
(derivation) circumferential, ring road
Bypass (der)
nm.
bypass, road which avoids a city or traffic area; detour
bypass
nm.
bypass, detour