Definitions
1.nounA road that passes around something, such as a residential area
2.nounA circumvention
3.nounA section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture
4.nounAn electrical shunt
5.nounAn alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass
6.verbTo avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass
7.verbTo ignore the usual channels or procedures