shunt

Definitions

• (transitive) To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a (sudden) start to.
• (transitive) To divert to a less important place, position, or state.
• (transitive) To provide with a shunt.
• (transitive) To move data in memory to a physical disk.
• (transitive) To divert electric current by providing an alternative path.
• (transitive) To move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages, etc. from one train to another.
• (transitive) To have a minor collision, especially in a motor car.
• (transitive) To divert the flow of a body fluid.
• (transitive) To turn aside or away; to divert.