"shunts" in the noun sense
1. shunt
a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another
"an arteriovenus shunt"
2. shunt, electrical shunt, bypass
a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
3. shunt
implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber for draining fluids within the body
"shunts" in the verb sense
1. shunt
transfer to another track, of trains
2. shunt
provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
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