Noun shunt has 3 senses
  1. shunt - a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus shunt"
    --1 is a kind of
    passage, passageway
    --1 has particulars: bypass; portacaval shunt
  2. shunt, electrical shunt, bypass - a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
    --2 is a kind of conductor
    --2 is a part of circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit
    Derived form: verb shunt2
  3. shunt - implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body
    --3 is a kind of
    implant
,Verb shunt has 2 senses
  1. shunt - transfer to another track, of trains
    --1 is one way to
    transfer, shift
    Derived form: noun shunter1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. shunt - provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
    --2 is one way to
    deviate
    Derived form: noun shunt2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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