Noun

• S: (n) beltway, bypass, ring road, ringway (a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• domain region
• W: (n) Britain [Related to: ring road, ringway] (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
• S: (n) bypass (a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part))
• S: (n) shunt, electrical shunt, bypass (a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current)

Verb

• S: (v) bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around (avoid something unpleasant or laborious) "You cannot bypass these rules!"