Webster's English Dictionary

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bypass

1. by.pass \'bi--.pas\ n 1: a passage to one side; esp : a deflected route 
   usu. around a tow n 2a: a channel carrying a fluid around a part and back 
   to the main stream  2b: SHUNT 
2. bypass vt 1a: to avoid by means of a bypass  1b: to cause to follow a 
   bypass  2a: to neglect or ignore usu. intentionally  2b: CIRCUMVENT