shunt
/ʃʌnt/ verb C2- To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a (sudden) start to.
- To divert to a less important place, position, or state.
- To provide with a shunt. · to shunt a galvanometer
- To move data in memory to a physical disk.
- To divert electric current by providing an alternative path.
- To move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages, etc. from one train to another.
- To divert the flow of a body fluid.
He/she/it shunts · Past shunted · Past participle shunted · -ing form shunting
Verb forms
- Base form
- shunt
- He/she/it
- shunts
- Past
- shunted
- Past participle
- shunted
- -ing form
- shunting
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