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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center;
[syn: beltway, bypass, ring road, ringway]

2. a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part);

3. a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current;
[syn: shunt, electrical shunt, bypass]


VERB (1)

1. avoid something unpleasant or laborious;
- Example: "You cannot bypass these rules!"
[syn: bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

By-pass \By"-pass\, n. (Mech.)
   A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert
   circulation from the usual course.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bypass
    n 1: a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does
         not have to pass through the center [syn: beltway,
         bypass, ring road, ringway]
    2: a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
    3: a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another
       device to divert a fraction of the current [syn: shunt,
       electrical shunt, bypass]
    v 1: avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass
         these rules!" [syn: bypass, short-circuit, go around,
         get around]