About The Word Bypass

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Bypass

Bypass Meaning & Definition
Bypass Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bypass?

[n] a road that takes traffic around the edge of a town
[n] a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
[n] a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
[v] avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bypass: circumferential | electrical shunt | get around | go around | ring road | short-circuit | shunt

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bypass: alley | alleyway | ambages | arterial | arterial highway | arterial street | artery | Autobahn | 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 | US highway | wynd

See Also | avoid | circuit | conductor | electric circuit | electrical circuit | road | route | shunt

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