bypass

Words with a similar base: bypass

'bypass'

[beltway.n.01] as in: a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center

'bypass'

[bypass.n.02] as in: a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)

'bypass'

[shunt.n.02] as in: a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current

'bypass'

[bypass.v.01] as in: avoid something unpleasant or laborious

Examples:
You cannot bypass these rules!

Origins

					bypass (English)
├── by- (English)
│   └── by (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── pass (English)
    ├── pas (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── passen (Middle English (1100-1500))
        └── passer (Old French (842-ca. 1400))

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