bypast
[ bahy-past, -pahst ]
/ ˈbaɪˌpæst, -ˌpɑst /
adjective
bygone; earlier; former; past.
verb
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Definition for bypast (2 of 2)
bypass
or by-pass
[ bahy-pas, -pahs ]
/ ˈbaɪˌpæs, -ˌpɑs /
noun
a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
a secondary pipe or other channel connected with a main passage, as for conducting a liquid or gas around a fixture, pipe, or appliance.
Electricity.
shunt(def 9).
a surgical procedure in which a diseased or obstructed hollow organ is temporarily or permanently circumvented.
Compare coronary bypass, gastric bypass, heart-lung machine, intestinal bypass.
verb (used with object), by·passed or (Rare) by·past; by·passed or by·past; by·pass·ing.
OTHER WORDS FROM bypass
by·pass·er, by-pass·er, nounExample sentences from the Web for bypast
The vague apprehensions of bypast years reviving at this crisis, some neighbours had been on the outlook for a catastrophe.
It's no mony months bypast; it was a lang courtship,—few folk kend the reason by Jenny and mysell.
Old Mortality, Complete, Illustrated |Sir Walter ScottAs for the King, he has been hampered for about a month bypast on account of the continual rain.
Letters of John Calvin, Volume I (of 4) |Jules Bonnet
British Dictionary definitions for bypast
bypass
/ (ˈbaɪˌpɑːs) /
noun
verb -passes, -passing, -passed or -past (tr)
Medical definitions for bypast
bypass
[ bī′păs′ ]
n.
A passage created surgically to divert the flow of blood or other bodily fluid or to circumvent an obstructed or diseased organ.
A surgical procedure to create such a channel.
Scientific definitions for bypast
bypass
[ bī′păs′ ]
A passage created surgically to divert the flow of blood or other bodily fluid or to circumvent an obstructed or diseased organ.