Bypass Definition
bīpas
bypassed, bypass, bypasses, by-passes, bypassing
noun
bypasses
A way, path, etc. between two points that avoids or is auxiliary to the main way; specif., an alternative highway route, as for skirting an urban area.
Webster's New World
A highway or section of a highway that passes around an obstructed or congested area.
American Heritage
A pipe or channel used to conduct gas or liquid around another pipe or a fixture.
American Heritage
A means of circumvention.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- electrical shunt
- shunt
- ringway
- ring-road
- beltway
- circumvention
- detour
- circumnavigation
- side road
- temporary route
- evasion
- escape
- avoidance
verb
bypassed, bypasses, bypassing
To avoid (an obstacle) by using an alternative channel, passage, or route.
American Heritage
To go around instead of through; use a bypass to avoid.
Webster's New World
To furnish with a bypass.
Webster's New World
To ignore, fail to consult, etc.
Webster's New World
To channel (piped liquid, for example) through a bypass.
American Heritage
Origin of Bypass
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by- + pass
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