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— English words —

• shunt v. (Transitive) To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a (sudden) start to.
• shunt v. (Transitive) To divert to a less important place, position, or state.
• shunt v. (Transitive) To provide with a shunt.
• shunt v. (Transitive, computing) To move data in memory to a physical disk.
• shunt v. (Transitive, electricity) To divert electric current by providing an alternative path.
• shunt v. (Transitive, rail transport) To move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages, etc. from…
• shunt v. (Transitive, chiefly road transport, informal, Britain) To have a minor collision, especially in a motor car.
• shunt v. (Transitive, surgery) To divert the flow of a body fluid.
• shunt v. (Transitive, obsolete, Britain, dialectal) To turn aside or away; to divert.
• shunt v. (Finance, UK, historical) To carry on arbitrage between the London stock exchange and provincial stock exchanges.
• shunt n. An act of moving (suddenly), as due to a push or shove.
• shunt n. (Electricity) A connection used as an alternative path between parts of an electrical circuit.
• shunt n. (Firearms) The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves…
• shunt n. (Medicine, veterinary medicine) An abnormal passage between body channels.
• shunt n. (Surgery) A passage between body channels constructed surgically as a bypass; a tube inserted into the…
• shunt n. (Rail transport) A switch on a railway used to move a train from one track to another.
• shunt n. (Chiefly road transport, informal, Britain) A minor collision between vehicles.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• shunt n. (Spoorwegen) wissel [1], spoorwissel.
• shunt n. Aftakking, zijspoor.
• shunt n. (Medisch) shunt [1].
• shunt n. (Elektrotechniek) shunt [2].
• shunt w. Afslaan [5], een andere richting op gaan.
• shunt w. Afgeleid/afgetakt worden (Van verkeer, elektriciteit e.d.).
• shunt w. Pendelen.
• shunt w. Overgankelijk afleiden.
• shunt w. Overgankelijk ontlopen.

— English words, defined in French —

• shunt v. Déplacer, pousser.
• shunt v. Aiguiller, dévier, commuter.
• shunt n. Aiguillage.
• shunt n. Shunt électrique ou médical.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• shunt s. Deviazione.

— In German —

• Shunt S. Medizin: angeborene oder auch operativ angelegte Kurzschlussverbindung…
• Shunt S. Physik: elektrisch leitendes Bauelement, das zu einem Teil…

— In Dutch —

• shunt n. (Medisch) kunstmatige verbinding tussen twee kanalen of bloedvaten…
• shunt n. (Elektrotechniek) parallel geschakelde keten.

— In French —

• shunt n.m. Dispositif de faible impédance qui permet au courant de…
• shunt n.m. (Médecine) Dérivation entre des organes qui permet le passage…

— In Italian —

• shunt s. (Forestierismo) (fisica) (elettrotecnica) (elettronica) (tecnologia)…
• shunt s. (Medicina) (chirurgia) comunicazione patologica o chirurgica…

117 English words from 17 English definitions

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14 English words from 22 foreign definitions

au␣courant commuter courant das des Dispositif een entre parallel passage shunt Teil twee Van

58 foreign words from 22 foreign definitions

afleiden Afslaan Aftakking Aiguillage Aiguiller andere angeborene angelegte auch Bauelement bloedvaten chirurgia chirurgica comunicazione Déplacer Dérivation Deviazione dévier einem électrique elektriciteit elektrisch Elektrotechniek elettronica elettrotecnica faible fisica Forestierismo gaan impédance kanalen keten leitendes Médecine médical Medicina Medisch Medizin oder ontlopen operativ organes Overgankelijk patologica Pendelen permet Physik pousser qui richting Spoorwegen tecnologia tussen verbinding verkeer wissel worden zijspoor

16 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

Shun-te shunto shuntō shunts Shuntak shunted shunter shunters shunting shuntable shuntings shunting␣neck shunting␣necks shunting␣engine shunting␣engines shunting-yard␣algorithm

14 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

reshunts mis-shunts reshunted unshunted backshunts headshunts head␣shunts minishunts nonshunted reshunting mutton␣shunter mutton␣shunters Cheshunt␣mixture proverbs␣hunt␣in␣pairs

8 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

reshunt Cheshunt mis-shunt backshunt headshunt head␣shunt minishunt microshunt

8 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

hun Hun hunt Hunt Shu SHU shu' shun

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

nuh uhs UHS

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

hunts Hunts nuths

25 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

haunts Hundts Huston Hutson Knuths saunth Shun-te shunto shuntō shunts shut-in shut␣in sunhat sun␣hat Thruns Thunes thunks T'un-hsi unhats unshat unshit unshot unshut Ushant Utahns

23 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

huns Huns hunt Hunt Hust huts nths nuth nuts NUTS shun shut STHU stun Thun thus Thus tsun tuns tush Tush Unst USNH

9 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

shant shan't sha'n't shent Shunk shuns Shutt slunt stunt

4 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

hunt Hunt shun shut

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