Definitions For Shunt

noun

• Implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body
• A conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
• A passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another

verb

• Transfer to another track, of trains
• Provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
• To move (someone or something) to a different and usually less important or noticeable place or position
• To move (a train or railway car) from one track to another