shunt

/ʃˈʌnt/

/ˈʃənt/

Shunt

a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another

a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current

synonyms : bypass

implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body

to shunt

MAIN VERB

transfer to another track, of trains

provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt

Examples

1. Shunting that domestic labor right onto the wife--

2. We shunt capital out of old industries and into new ones.

3. It shunts to you.

4. They shunt it.