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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun shunt has 3 senses

shunt(n = noun.body) - a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus shunt"

is a kind of

passage

passageway

has particulars: bypass, portacaval shunt

shunt(n = noun.artifact) bypass, electrical shunt - a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current;

is a part of circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit

is a kind of conductor

Derived form verb shunt₂

shunt(n = noun.artifact) - implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body;

is a kind of

implant

Verb shunt has 2 senses

shunt(v = verb.motion) - transfer to another track, of trains;

is one way to

shift

transfer

Derived form noun shunter₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

shunt(v = verb.motion) - provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt;

is one way to

deviate

Derived form noun shunt₂

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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CIDE DICTIONARY

shunt, v. t. [Prov. E., to move from, to put off, fr. OE. shunten, schunten, schounten; cf. D. schuinte a slant, slope, Icel. skunda to hasten. Cf. Shun.].

To shun; to move from. [1913 Webster]
To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove. Ash. [1913 Webster]
To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift. [1913 Webster]
"For shunting your late partner on to me." [1913 Webster]
To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer. [1913 Webster]

shunt, v. i.

To go aside; to turn off. [1913 Webster]

shunt, n. [Cf. D. schuinte slant, slope, declivity. See Shunt, v. t.].

A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free. [1913 Webster]
A conducting circuit joining two points in a conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo, so as to form a parallel or derived circuit through which a portion of the current may pass, for the purpose of regulating the amount passing in the main circuit. [1913 Webster]
The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun. [1913 Webster]

Shunt dynamo (Elec.), a dynamo in which the field circuit is connected with the main circuit so as to form a shunt to the letter, thus employing a portion of the current from the armature to maintain the field. -- Shunt gun, a firearm having shunt rifling. See under Rifling.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

shunt, v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. & tr. diverge or cause (a train) to be diverted esp. on to a siding.
2 tr. Electr. provide (a current) with a shunt.
3 tr. a postpone or evade. b divert (a decision etc.) on to another person etc.
--n.
1 the act or an instance of shunting on to a siding.
2 Electr. a conductor joining two points of a circuit, through which more or less of a current may be diverted.
3 Surgery an alternative path for the circulation of the blood.
4 sl. a motor accident, esp. a collision of vehicles travelling one close behind another.

Derivative

shunter n.

Etymology

ME, perh. f. SHUN

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THESAURUS

shunt

advance, avert, bear off, bowl, bunt, butt, carry away, carry off, cart away, change, deflect, delocalize, dislodge, displace, divert, draw aside, drive, ease off, edge off, fly off, forward, gee, glance, glance off, go off, haw, head off, impel, jib, lay aside, make way for, manhandle, move, move aside, pedal, pole, propel, push, push aside, put aside, relocate, remove, roll, row, send, set aside, sheer off, shift, shove, shove aside, shuttle, shy, shy off, side, sidestep, sidetrack, sidle, steer clear of, step aside, sweep, sweep along, switch, take away, thrust, transfer, treadle, troll, trundle, turn aside, turn away, turn back, veer off

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Transference

VB transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate, convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry, carry over, ferry over, hand pass, forward, shift, conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach, tote, port, import, export, send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver, ship, embark, waft, shunt, transpose, displace, throw, drag, mail, post, shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon.

Deviation

VB alter one's course, deviate, depart from, turn, trend, bend, curve, swerve, heel, bear off, gybe, wear, intervert, deflect, divert, divert from its course, put on a new scent, shift, shunt, draw aside, crook, warp, stray, straggle, sidle, diverge, tralineate, digress, wander, wind, twist, meander, veer, tack, divagate, sidetrack, turn aside, turn a corner, turn away from, wheel, steer clear of, ramble, rove, drift, go astray, go adrift, yaw, dodge, step aside, ease off, make way for, shy, fly off at a tangent, glance off, wheel about, face about, turn to the right about, face to the right about, waddle, go out of one's way, lose one's way.

Recession

VB recede, go, move back, move from, retire, withdraw, shrink, back off, come away, move away, back away, go away, get away, drift away, depart, retreat, move off, stand off, sheer off, fall back, stand aside, run away, remove, shunt, distance.