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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024by•pass or by-pass/ˈbaɪˌpæs/USA pronunciation n., v., -passed, -passed or -past, -pass•ing. n. [countable] - Civil Engineering, Transporta road allowing motorists to avoid heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
- Surgerya surgical operation in which the flow of blood through a diseased organ is redirected around the blockage:a coronary bypass operation.
v. [~ + object] - Transportto avoid by following a bypass:We bypassed the city.
- to neglect to consult or to ignore the opinion or decision of: I bypassed the manager and went straight to the owner.
See -pass-1. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024by•pass (bī′pas′, -päs′),USA pronunciation n., v., -passed or (Rare) -past; -passed or -past; -pass•ing. n. - Civil Engineering, Transporta road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
- a secondary pipe or other channel connected with a main passage, as for conducting a liquid or gas around a fixture, pipe, or appliance.
- Electricityshunt (def. 9).
- Surgerya surgical procedure in which a diseased or obstructed hollow organ is temporarily or permanently circumvented. Cf. coronary bypass, gastric bypass, heart-lung machine, intestinal bypass.
v.t. - Transportto avoid (an obstruction, city, etc.) by following a bypass.
- to cause (fluid or gas) to follow a secondary pipe or 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.
Also, by′-pass′. - 1840–50; apparently back formation from by-passage; see by1 (adjective, adjectival), passage1
by′pass′er, by′-pass′er, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bypass /ˈbaɪˌpɑːs/ n - a main road built to avoid a city or other congested area
- any system of pipes or conduits for redirecting the flow of a liquid
- a means of redirecting the flow of a substance around an appliance through which it would otherwise pass
- the redirection of blood flow, either to avoid a diseased blood vessel or in order to perform heart surgery
See coronary bypass - (as modifier): bypass surgery
- an electrical circuit, esp one containing a capacitor, connected in parallel around one or more components, providing an alternative path for certain frequencies
- (as modifier): a bypass capacitor
vb ( -passes, -passing, -passed, -past)(transitive)- to go around or avoid (a city, obstruction, problem, etc)
- to cause (traffic, fluid, etc) to go through a bypass
- to proceed without reference to (regulations, a superior, etc); get round; avoid
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