bypass.
A road that passes around something, such as a residential area or business district.
Meaning & usage
A road that passes around something, such as a residential area or business district.
A replacement road for obsolete road that is no longer in use because devastating natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides).
The act of going past or around.
A section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture.
An electrical shunt.
An alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English *bypassen, *bipassen (suggested by past participle by-past, bipast), equivalent to by- + pass.
To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass.
To ignore the usual channels or procedures.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English *bypassen, *bipassen (suggested by past participle by-past, bipast), equivalent to by- + pass.
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