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1. (n.) bypass
a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
2. bypass
a surgical procedure in which a diseased or obstructed hollow organ is temporarily or permanently circumvented.
3. bypass
a secondary pipe or other channel connected with a main passage, as for conducting a liquid or gas around a fixture, pipe, or appliance.
4. (v.t.) bypass
to avoid by following a bypass.
5. bypass
to cause (fluid or gas) to follow a secondary pipe or bypass.
6. bypass
to neglect to consult or to ignore the opinion or decision of:
I bypassed the manager and took my complaint straight to the owner.
Etymology: (1840–50)
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1. (noun) beltway, bypass, ring road, ringway
a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
2. (noun) bypass
a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
3. (verb) shunt, electrical shunt, bypass
a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
4. (verb) bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around
avoid something unpleasant or laborious
"You cannot bypass these rules!"
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1. (noun) bypass
a road that goes around sth
the Hoover Dam bypass
2. bypass
an operation that redirects the flow of blood or food
a heart bypass
3. (verb) bypass
to go around a place
a road that bypasses the city
4. bypass
to ignore or avoid a rule
finding ways to bypass the new law
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Sense: a road which avoids an obstruction or a busy area
Take the bypass round the city.
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 Afrikaans: ompad, verbypad |
 Arabic: مَمَر أو طَريق جانِبي |
 Bulgarian: околен път |
 Brazilian: desvio |
 Czech: objížďka |
 German: die Umleitung |
 Danish: omfartsvej; ringvej |
 Greek: παρακαμπτήριος δρόμος |
 Spanish: variante, desvío |
 Estonian: ümbersõidutee |
 Farsi: راه فرعی؛ کمربندی |
 Finnish: ohitustie |
 French: dérivation |
 Hebrew: מַעֲקָף |
 Hindi: उपमार्ग, बाईपास |
 Croatian: prečica |
 Hungarian: kerülő út |
 Indonesian: jalan lingtas |
 Icelandic: hliðarbraut |
 Italian: tangenziale, deviazione |
 Japanese: バイパス |
 Korean: 우회로 |
 Lithuanian: aplinkkelis |
 Latvian: apvedceļš |
 Malay: jalan pirau |
 Dutch: rondweg |
 Norwegian: omkjøringsvei, ringvei |
 Polish: objazd |
 Persian: راه فرعی؛ کمربندی |
 Pashto: فرعی لاره |
 Portuguese: variante |
 Romanian: drum ocolit |
 Russian: обходной путь |
 Slovak: obchádzka |
 Slovenian: obvoz |
 Serbian: obilaznica |
 Swedish: förbifartsled, omfartsled |
 Thai: ถนนเลี่ยงเมือง |
 Turkish: çevre yolu |
 Taiwanese: 旁道 |
 Ukrainian: обхідна, об'їздна дорога |
 Urdu: مختصر راستہ |
 Vietnamese: đường vòng |
 Chinese: 旁道 |
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