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Meaning ofshuntin English

shunt

us//ʃʌnt//uk//ʃʌnt//

Pluralshunts
Past Tenseshunted
Participle Verbshunting
Third Person Singularshunts

Definitions

Noun
1. an alternative electric path (circuit)
  The engineer installed a shunt to divert excess current.
2. a surgical bypass (tube or passage)
  The doctor inserted a shunt to bypass the blocked artery.
3. a railway switch (track changer)
  The train had to be shunted to a side track for maintenance.
Verb
1. to divert to a lesser position or state
  The company will shunt some employees to part-time positions.
2. to provide with an alternative route; divert flow
  The engineers will shunt the water flow around the construction site.
3. to divert electric current; create alternative path
  The electrician had to shunt the power supply to avoid overloading.
4. to move train cars; switch tracks
  The railroad crew will shunt the freight cars to the loading dock.
5. to divert body fluid; reroute flow
  The surgeon inserted a shunt to reroute blood flow around the damaged vein.