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shunt

noun

1 shunt

A passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another.

Dutch: shunt

2 shunt

A conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current.

synonyms: bypass, electrical shunt.

Polish: bocznik

3 shunt

Implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body.

verb

1 shunt

Transfer to another track, of trains.

Roget 287: recede, go, move back, move from, retire; withdraw, shrink, back off; come away, move away, back away, go away, get away, drift away; ... show more

Roget 270: transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate; convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry; carry over, ferry over; hand pass, forward; ... show more

Roget 279: alter one's course, deviate, depart from, turn, trend; bend, curve etc. 245; swerve, heel, bear off; gybe, wear.    ... show more

2 shunt

Provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt.


Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.

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