bypass
- 1) noun, a main road built to avoid a city or other congested area
- 2) noun, any system of pipes or conduits for redirecting the flow of a liquid
- 3) noun, a means of redirecting the flow of a substance around an appliance through which it would otherwise pass
- 4) noun, surgery a) the redirection of blood flow, either to avoid a diseased blood vessel or in order to perform heart surgery. See coronary bypass b) (as modifier)
- 5) noun, electronics a) an electrical circuit, esp one containing a capacitor, connected in parallel around one or more components, providing an alternative path for certain frequencies b) (as modifier)
- 6) verb, to go around or avoid (a city, obstruction, problem, etc)
- 7) verb, to cause (traffic, fluid, etc) to go through a bypass
- 8) verb, to proceed without reference to (regulations, a superior, etc); get round; avoid
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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get round, avoid, evade, circumvent, outmanoeuvre, skirt, circumvent