shunt

Shunt is defined as to turn to another side, or to switch tracks.

(verb)

An example of shunt is to move to another lane.

The definition of a shunt is a channel created by a surgeon to allow flow between organs, or the act of switching or changing.

(noun)

See shunt in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Origin: ME schunten < ? or akin to shun

noun

the act of shunting
switch ()
Elec. a conductor connecting two points in a circuit in parallel so that an additional pathway is created for the current
Med. an abnormal natural channel or a surgically created one allowing flow from one organ or pathway to another

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See shunt in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The act or process of turning aside or moving to an alternate course.
A railroad switch.
Electricity A low-resistance connection between two points in an electric circuit that forms an alternative path for a portion of the current. Also called bypass.
Medicine A passage between two natural body channels, such as blood vessels, especially one created surgically to divert or permit flow from one pathway or region to another; a bypass.

verb shunt·ed, shunt·ing, shunts

verb, transitive

To turn or move aside or onto another course: shunting traffic around an accident.
To evade by putting aside or ignoring: urgent problems that society can no longer shunt aside.
To switch (a train or car) from one track to another.
Electricity To provide or divert (current) by means of a shunt.
Medicine To divert or permit flow of (a body fluid) from one pathway or region to another by surgical means.

verb, intransitive