n.
1.a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another
2.a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
3.implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber shunt v.
1.transfer to another track, of trains
2.provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
Idiom of the Day
wear down (something) or wear (something) down
to make something become less useful or smaller or weaker because of wear or age
Little by little, the water wore down the beach at the edge of the river.