English dictionary

shunt

/S//@/nt/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

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

noun.body

Examples
An arteriovenus shunt.

Source: WordNet 3.0
a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current

noun.artifact

Synonyms bypass electrical shunt

Source: WordNet 3.0
implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body

noun.artifact

Source: WordNet 3.0
A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free.

noun

Source: webster1913

transfer to another track, of trains

verb.motion

Source: WordNet 3.0
provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt

verb.motion

Source: WordNet 3.0
To shun; to move from.

verb

Source: webster1913
To go aside; to turn off.

verb

Source: webster1913