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| 1. | [ verb ] avoid something unpleasant or laborious | |
| Synonyms: | get_around go_around keep_off short-circuit | |
| Examples: | "You cannot bypass these rules!" |
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| Related terms: | avoid | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (transportation) a road that takes traffic around the edge of a town | |
| Synonyms: | ring_road circumferential | |
| Related terms: | road | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (physics,electricity) a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current | |
| Synonyms: | shunt electrical_shunt | |
| Related terms: | conductor circuit | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (anatomy,zoology,surgery) a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part) | |
| Related terms: | shunt | |
