[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shunt \shunt\, v. i.
   to go aside; to turn off.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shunt \shunt\, n. cf. d. schuinte slant, slope, declivity. see
   shunt, v. t.
   1. railroad a turning off to a side or short track, that
      the principal track may be left free.
      1913 webster

   2. elec. a conducting circuit joining two points in a
      conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo,
      so as to form a parallel or derived circuit through which
      a portion of the current may pass, for the purpose of
      regulating the amount passing in the main circuit.
      1913 webster

   3. gunnery the shifting of the studs on a projectile from
      the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its
      discharge from a shunt gun.
      1913 webster

   shunt dynamo elec., a dynamo in which the field circuit
      is connected with the main circuit so as to form a shunt
      to the letter, thus employing a portion of the current
      from the armature to maintain the field.

   shunt gun, a firearm having shunt rifling. see under
      rifling.
      1913 webster
see also:
shunt shunt dynamo shunt gun rifling 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shunt \shunt\, v. t. imp.  p. p. shunted; p. pr.  vb. n.
   shunting. prov. e., to move from, to put off, fr. oe.
   shunten, schunten, schounten; cf. d. schuinte a slant, slope,
   icel. skunda to hasten. cf. shun.
   1. to shun; to move from. obs. or prov. eng.
      1913 webster

   2. to cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to
      shove. obs. or prov. eng. --ash.
      1913 webster

   3. to turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a
      grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift.
      1913 webster

            for shunting your late partner on to me. --t.
                                                  hughes.
      1913 webster

   4. elec. to provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a
      galvanometer.
      1913 webster
see also:
shunted shunting shun 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

shunt
     n 1: a passage by which a bodily fluid especially blood is
          diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus
          shunt"
     2: a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another
        device to divert a fraction of the current syn: electrical
        shunt, bypass
     3: implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for
        draining fluids within the body
     v 1: transfer to another track, of trains
     2: provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
see also:
electrical shunt bypass 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

72 moby thesaurus words for "shunt":
   advance, avert, bear off, bowl, bunt, butt, carry away, carry off,
   cart away, change, deflect, delocalize, dislodge, displace, divert,
   draw aside, drive, ease off, edge off, fly off, forward, gee,
   glance, glance off, go off, haw, head off, impel, jib, lay aside,
   make way for, manhandle, move, move aside, pedal, pole, propel,
   push, push aside, put aside, relocate, remove, roll, row, send,
   set aside, sheer off, shift, shove, shove aside, shuttle, shy,
   shy off, side, sidestep, sidetrack, sidle, steer clear of,
   step aside, sweep, sweep along, switch, take away, thrust,
   transfer, treadle, troll, trundle, turn aside, turn away,
   turn back, veer off

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