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bypass
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bypass has 3 senses
- bypass(n = noun.artifact) beltway, ring road, ringway - a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center; Array is a kind of highway, main road
- bypass(n = noun.body) Array - a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part); Array is a kind of shunt
- bypass(n = noun.artifact) electrical shunt, shunt - a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current; Array is a part of circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit
Derived form verb bypass1
is a kind of conductor
Verb bypass has 1 sense
- bypass(v = verb.communication) get around, go around, short-circuit - avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!" is one way to avoid
Derived form noun bypass1
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
bypass, n. & v.
--n.
1 a road passing round a town or its centre to provide an alternative route for through traffic.
2 a a secondary channel or pipe etc. to allow a flow when the main one is closed or blocked. b an alternative passage for the circulation of blood during a surgical operation on the heart.
--v.tr.
1 avoid; go round.
2 provide with a bypass.
--n.
1 a road passing round a town or its centre to provide an alternative route for through traffic.
2 a a secondary channel or pipe etc. to allow a flow when the main one is closed or blocked. b an alternative passage for the circulation of blood during a surgical operation on the heart.
--v.tr.
1 avoid; go round.
2 provide with a bypass.
THESAURUS
bypass
Autobahn, US highway, alley, alleyway, ambages, arterial, arterial highway, arterial street, artery, autoroute, autostrada, avenue, avoid, back door, back road, back stairs, back street, back way, belt highway, bestride, blind alley, boulevard, burke, by-lane, bypath, byroad, bystreet, byway, camino real, carriageway, causeway, causey, chaussee, circuit, circumbendibus, circumferential, circumnavigate, circumvent, close, corduroy road, county road, court, crescent, cross, cul-de-sac, dead-end street, detour, deviate, deviation, digress, digression, dike, dirt road, drive, driveway, evade, excursion, expressway, ford, freeway, get ahead of, get round, give the go-by, go across, go around, go by, go round, go round about, gravel road, highroad, highway, highways and byways, ignore, interstate highway, lane, local road, main drag, main road, make a detour, mews, motorway, overstride, parkway, pass, pass by, pass over, pave, paved road, pike, place, plank road, primary highway, private road, right-of-way, ring road, road, roadbed, roadway, roundabout, roundabout way, route nationale, row, royal road, secondary road, shoot ahead of, side door, side road, side street, sidestep, skirt, speedway, state highway, step over, straddle, street, superhighway, terrace, thoroughfare, through street, thruway, toll road, township road, turnpike, wynd
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