Shunt

/ʃʌnt/

Synonyms for "shunt" (102 found)

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Closest matches (21)

Noun(5 words)
bypassbypass currentcar movediversiondiversion device

Strong matches (30)

Noun(5 words)
divert currentdrainage tubeelectrical shuntjumpersmove aside
draw asidedrivedriving forceease offedge offelectrical parts and devicesfly offforwardgeegeneratorglanceglance offgo offhawhead offimpeljiblay asidemake way formanhandle
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motive powermovemove asidepartspedal

Related words (51)

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shyshy offsidesidestepsidetracksidlesteer clear ofstep asidesweepsweep alongswitchtake awaythrusttransfertreadletrolltrundleturn asideturn awayturn backveerveer off
Noun(8 words)
push asidereassignredirect currentrelocateshuntersidelinetransferyard move
Verb(1 words)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

14 entries
conductordeviateengineering deviceimplantlogistics operationmechanical partmedical devicemovepassagepassagewayrail transport operationredirectshifttransfer

More specific

14 entries
CSF shuntbypass pathcar shuntcurrent pathrail shuntreassignrelocaterepositionshunt resistorsidelinetransferventriculoatrial shuntventriculoperitoneal shuntyard shunt

Collocations

11 entries
CSF shuntarteriovenous shuntbrain shuntelectrical shuntmedical shuntrailway shuntshunt asideshunt currentshunt resistorshunt valveventriculoperitoneal shunt

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

25 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Can we shunt the water over to the canal?

Source: tatoeba (8860420)

He had a shunt in his heart.

Source: tatoeba (8978521)

If she'd known that her mother would shunt her off to one babysitter after another, maybe she would have insisted on staying with her Nana.

Source: tatoeba (9496284)

For we are all shunting—shunting—shunting / We're all shunting in this queer world of ours. / Nations are shunted like to our railway carriages: / As Napoleon shunted la belle France into war; / Princes are shunted into royal marriages; / Kings and Queens are shunted just like a railway car.

Source: wiktionary

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