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bypass noun 1 a major road which carries traffic on a route that avoids a city centre, town or congested area. 2 medicine the redirection of blood flow so as to avoid a blocked or diseased blood vessel, especially a coronary artery, usually by grafting a blood vessel taken from another part of the body. 3 a channel or pipe, etc which carries gas or electricity, etc when the main channel is blocked or congested. 4 an electrical circuit that carries current around one or more circuit components instead of through them. verb 1 to avoid (a congested or blocked place) by taking a route which goes round or beyond it. 2 to leave out or avoid (a step in a process), or ignore and not discuss something with (a person) • managed to bypass the usual selection procedure. 3 to provide something with a bypass. 4 to direct (eg fluid, traffic or electricity) along a bypass.