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Definitions for Bypass

[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] Electricity . shunt(def 9) .
[4] a surgical procedure in which a diseased or obstructed hollow organ is temporarily or permanently circumvented. Compare coronary bypass, gastric bypass, heart-lung machine, intestinal bypass.
[5] to avoid (an obstruction, city, etc.) by following a bypass.
[6] to cause (fluid or gas) to follow a secondary pipe or bypass.
[7] to neglect to consult or to ignore the opinion or decision of: He bypassed the foreman and took his grievance straight to the owner.
[8] a main road built to avoid a city or other congested area
[9] any system of pipes or conduits for redirecting the flow of a liquid
[10] a means of redirecting the flow of a substance around an appliance through which it would otherwise pass
[11] surgery the redirection of blood flow, either to avoid a diseased blood vessel or in order to perform heart surgery See coronary bypass (as modifier ) bypass surgery
[12] 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 ) a bypass capacitor
[13] to go around or avoid (a city, obstruction, problem, etc)
[14] to cause (traffic, fluid, etc) to go through a bypass
[15] to proceed without reference to (regulations, a superior, etc); get round; avoid

Words related to Bypass

omit, circumvent, sidestep, ignore, skirt, neglect, circumnavigate, outflank, finesse, detour, burke

Words nearby Bypass

byliner, byng, byo, byob, byod, bypass, bypass capacitor, bypass engine, bypass ratio, bypast, bypath

Origin of Bypass

1840–50; apparently back formation from by-passage; see by1 (adj.), passage1

Other words from Bypass

by·pass·er , by-pass·er , noun

Synonyms for Bypass

circumvent, ignore, neglect, omit, sidestep, skirt, burke, circumnavigate, detour, finesse, outflank, blink at, depart from, deviate from, get around, go around, go around the barn, let go, pass around, take back road, wink at