Bypass (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
  2. a secondary pipe or other channel connected with a main passage, as for conducting a liquid or gas around a fixture, pipe, or appliance.
  3. shunt (def. 9).
  4. a surgical procedure in which a diseased or obstructed hollow organ is temporarily or permanently circumvented.
verb (used with object), by·passed or (Rare) by·past; by·passed or by·past; by·pass·ing.
  1. to avoid (an obstruction, city, etc.) by following a bypass.
  2. to cause (fluid or gas) to follow a secondary pipe or bypass.
  3. to neglect to consult or to ignore the opinion or decision of: He bypassed the foreman and took his grievance straight to the owner.
noun
  1. a main road built to avoid a city or other congested area
  2. any system of pipes or conduits for redirecting the flow of a liquid
  3. a means of redirecting the flow of a substance around an appliance through which it would otherwise pass
  4. surgery
    • the redirection of blood flow, either to avoid a diseased blood vessel or in order to perform heart surgery
    • (as modifier)
  5. electronics
    • an electrical circuit, esp one containing a capacitor, connected in parallel around one or more components, providing an alternative path for certain frequencies
    • (as modifier)
verb -passes, -passing, -passed or -past (tr)
  1. to go around or avoid (a city, obstruction, problem, etc)
  2. to cause (traffic, fluid, etc) to go through a bypass
  3. to proceed without reference to (regulations, a superior, etc); get round; avoid
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