ALL meanings of bypass
by·pass
B b - verb bypass If you bypass someone or something that you would normally have to get involved with, you ignore them, often because you want to achieve something more quickly. 3
- countable noun bypass A bypass is a surgical operation performed on or near the heart, in which the flow of blood is redirected so that it does not flow through a part of the heart which is diseased or blocked. 3
- verb bypass If a surgeon bypasses a diseased artery or other part of the body, he or she performs an operation so that blood or other bodily fluids do not flow through it. 3
- countable noun bypass A bypass is a main road which takes traffic around the edge of a town rather than through its centre. 3
- verb bypass If a road bypasses a place, it goes around it rather than through it. 3
- verb bypass If you bypass a place when you are travelling, you avoid going through it. 3
- noun bypass a main road built to avoid a city or other congested area 3
- noun bypass any system of pipes or conduits for redirecting the flow of a liquid 3
- noun bypass a means of redirecting the flow of a substance around an appliance through which it would otherwise pass 3
- noun bypass the redirection of blood flow, either to avoid a diseased blood vessel or in order to perform heart surgery 3
- noun bypass (as modifier) 3
- noun bypass an electrical circuit, esp one containing a capacitor, connected in parallel around one or more components, providing an alternative path for certain frequencies 3
- verb bypass to go around or avoid (a city, obstruction, problem, etc) 3
- verb bypass to cause (traffic, fluid, etc) to go through a bypass 3
- verb bypass to proceed without reference to (regulations, a superior, etc); get round; avoid 3
- noun bypass a way, path, etc. between two points that avoids or is auxiliary to the main way; specif., an alternative highway route, as for skirting an urban area 3
- noun bypass a pipe or channel providing an auxiliary passage for gas or liquid, as that leading to the pilot light in a gas stove 3
- noun bypass shunt (sense 7) 3
- noun bypass a surgical operation to provide passage for a fluid, as blood, around a diseased or blocked part or organ 3
- noun bypass such a passage 3
- verb transitive bypass to go around instead of through; use a bypass to avoid 3
- verb transitive bypass to furnish with a bypass 3
- verb transitive bypass to ignore, fail to consult, etc. 3
- noun bypass A bypass is a way of diverting a flow of fluid around a system. 3
- noun bypass a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction. 1
- noun bypass a secondary pipe or other channel connected with a main passage, as for conducting a liquid or gas around a fixture, pipe, or appliance. 1
- noun bypass Electricity. shunt (def 9). 1
- noun bypass 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. 1
- verb with object bypass to avoid (an obstruction, city, etc.) by following a bypass. 1
- verb with object bypass to cause (fluid or gas) to follow a secondary pipe or bypass. 1
- verb with object bypass to neglect to consult or to ignore the opinion or decision of: He bypassed the foreman and took his grievance straight to the owner. 1
- transitive verb bypass go around 1
- noun bypass road around area 1
- noun bypass heart surgery 1
- transitive verb bypass proceed without regard to sth 1
- noun bypass electrical circuit 1
- noun bypass redirection of flow of blood 1
- noun bypass appliance: redirection of flow of fluid 1
- noun bypass surgery 1
- noun bypass a road that passes around something, such as a residential area. 0
- noun bypass a circumvention. 0
- noun bypass a section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture. 0
- noun bypass an electrical shunt. 0
- noun bypass (medicine) an alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass. 0
- verb bypass to avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass. 0
- verb bypass to ignore the usual channels or procedures. 0