| Noun | 1. | bypass - a road that takes traffic around the edge of a townroad, route - an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation | |
| 2. | bypass - a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)shunt - a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus shunt" | |
| 3. | bypass - a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the currentconductor - a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc. | |
| Verb | 1. | bypass - avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!"avoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her" | |