Source : WordNet®

bypass
     n 1: a road that takes traffic around the edge of a town [syn: {circumferential},
           {ring road}]
     2: a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
     3: a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another
        device to divert a fraction of the current [syn: {shunt},
        {electrical shunt}]
     v : avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass
         these rules!" [syn: {short-circuit}, {go around}, {get
         around}]
     [also: {bypast}]