Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A highway or section of a highway that passes around an obstructed or congested area.
- noun A pipe or channel used to conduct gas or liquid around another pipe or a fixture.
- noun A means of circumvention.
- noun An alternative passage created surgically to divert the flow of blood or other bodily fluid or circumvent an obstructed or diseased organ.
- noun A surgical procedure to create such a channel.
- transitive verb To avoid (an obstacle) by using an alternative channel, passage, or route.
- transitive verb To be heedless of; ignore.
- transitive verb To channel (piped liquid, for example) through a bypass.
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- noun a
road that passes around something, such as aresidential area - noun a
circumvention - noun a section of
pipe that conducts afluid around some otherfixture - noun an
electrical shunt - noun medicine an
alternative passage created todivert abodily fluid around adamaged organ ; thesurgical procedure toconstruct such a bypass - verb to
avoid anobstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass - verb to
ignore the usualchannels orprocedures
Etymologies
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Examples
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First of all, the need for a bypass is a no-brainer.
Archive 2008-02-01 2008
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I think the Massey Rd. connector to the bypass is a great initiative, and will help with major event traffic quite a bit.
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The San Blas bypass is an option but might depend on time of day and where you want to stay.
Page 2 2010
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I've also heard about a new Guadalajara bypass from the east end, heading toward hwy 15 to Colima ...?
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I've also heard about a new Guadalajara bypass from the east end, heading toward hwy 15 to Colima ...?
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I've also heard about a new Guadalajara bypass from the east end, heading toward hwy 15 to Colima ...?
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I've also heard about a new Guadalajara bypass from the east end, heading toward hwy 15 to Colima ...?
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I've also heard about a new Guadalajara bypass from the east end, heading toward hwy 15 to Colima ...?
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I've also heard about a new Guadalajara bypass from the east end, heading toward hwy 15 to Colima ...?
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I've also heard about a new Guadalajara bypass from the east end, heading toward hwy 15 to Colima ...?
darqueau commented on the word bypass
I used the bypass switch to deactivate it...
October 2, 2008