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- Dictionarybypass/ˈbʌɪpɑːs/
noun
- 1. a road passing round a town or its centre to provide an alternative route for through traffic.
- 2. a secondary channel, pipe, or connection to allow a flow when the main one is closed or blocked.
verb
- 1. go past or round: "bypass the farm and continue to the road" Similar
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BYPASS definition: 1. to avoid something by going around it: 2. to ignore a rule or official authority: 3. a medical…. Learn more.
1. a. : to avoid by means of a bypass. bypass a congested area. : to cause to follow a bypass. 2. a. : to neglect or ignore usually intentionally. b.
a medical operation in which the flow of a person's blood is changed to avoid a diseased part of their heart: a triple bypass operation.
Bypass definition: a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.. See examples of BYPASS used in a sentence.
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.
As a noun, a bypass is either an alternative road or route; or a heart operation that allows blood flow when an artery is blocked. Definitions of bypass. verb. avoid something unpleasant or laborious. “You cannot bypass these rules!”. synonyms: get around, go around, short-circuit. see more see less. type of:
1. To avoid (an obstacle) by using an alternative channel, passage, or route. 2. To be heedless of; ignore: bypassed standard office procedures. 3. To channel (piped liquid, for example) through a bypass. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
