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baft(2)(dictionary)

bypass (iou) and baft(2) (iou)


bypass (iou)



bypass noun & verb. M19.
[from BY- + PASS noun1.]
A. noun.
A secondary channel permitting the free flow of gas, electricity, blood, etc., when a main passage is blocked. M19.
A road passing round (the centre of) a town, providing an alternative route for through traffic. E20.
transf. & fig. An alternative route or means. E20.
b. verb trans.
Provide with a bypass. L19.
Times A By-passed village in Kent.
Take an indirect route around; avoid. E20.
Lyndon B. Johnson A President must be willing to bypass the Congress to take the issue to the people. F. Weldon Pulling out the gas cooker to adjust the pipe so that the supply would bypass the meter.
Conduct (gas, liquid, etc.) by means of a bypass. E20.

baft(2) (iou)



baft noun. . L16.
[Urdu from Persian baft a textile, bafta woven.]
A coarse (usu. cotton) fabric.