| aberrate | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. aberrate | diverge from the expected.; "The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman" |
| ~ depart, deviate, vary, diverge | be at variance with; be out of line with. |
| v. (stative) | 2. aberrate | diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration.; "The surfaces of the concave lens may be proportioned so as to aberrate exactly equal to the convex lens" |
| ~ optics | the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light. |
| ~ depart, deviate, vary, diverge | be at variance with; be out of line with. |
| bypass | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. beltway, bypass, ring road, ringway | a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center. |
| ~ highway, main road | a major road for any form of motor transport. |
| n. (body) | 2. bypass | a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part). |
| ~ shunt | a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another.; "an arteriovenus shunt" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. bypass, electrical shunt, shunt | a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current. |
| ~ circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit | an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow. |
| ~ conductor | a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.. |
| v. (communication) | 4. bypass, get around, go around, short-circuit | avoid something unpleasant or laborious.; "You cannot bypass these rules!" |
| ~ avoid | stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something.; "Her former friends now avoid her" |
| divert | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. deviate, divert | turn aside; turn away from. |
| ~ turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense.; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" |
| ~ yaw | deviate erratically from a set course.; "the yawing motion of the ship" |
| ~ detour | travel via a detour. |
| ~ sidetrack, straggle, digress, depart | wander from a direct or straight course. |
| v. (motion) | 2. divert | send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one. |
| ~ send, direct | cause to go somewhere.; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation" |
| ~ route | divert in a specified direction.; "divert the low voltage to the engine cylinders" |
| ~ deviate | cause to turn away from a previous or expected course.; "The river was deviated to prevent flooding" |
| v. (social) | 3. amuse, disport, divert | occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion.; "The play amused the ladies" |
| ~ entertain | provide entertainment for. |
| v. (possession) | 4. divert, hive off | withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions. |
| ~ draw off, take out, withdraw, draw | remove (a commodity) from (a supply source).; "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank" |
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