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shunt
noun
A switch on a railway
A connection used as an alternative path between parts of an electric circuit
A passage between body channels constructed surgically as a bypass
(
informal
) A minor collision
verb
To turn away or aside
To move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages etc from one train to another
To divert electric current by providing an alternative path
To divert the flow of a body fluid using surgery
(
informal
) To have a minor collision, especially in a motor car
Translations:
German: rangieren
(
trans-mid
)
(
trans-bottom
) (
trans-top, to divert electric current
)
(
trans-mid
)
(
trans-bottom
) (
trans-top, to divert the flow of a body fluid
)
(
trans-mid
)
(
trans-bottom
) (
trans-top, to have a minor collision
)
(
trans-mid
)
(
trans-bottom
)
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