bypass : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bypass	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bypass
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bypass n a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center Synonym(s): beltway, bypass, ring road, ringway a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part) a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current Synonym(s): shunt, electrical shunt, bypass v avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!" Synonym(s): bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
By-pass \By"-pass\, n. (Mech.) A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course.