shunt
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another
an arteriovenus shunt
Types & categories
- passageway hypernym
- bypass hyponym
- portacaval shunt hyponym
Sense 2 verb
transfer to another track, of trains
Types & categories
- shift hypernym
Related & opposite
- shunter derivation
Sense 3 noun
a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
Types & categories
- conductor hypernym
Parts & wholes
- circuit part holonym
Related & opposite
- shunt derivation
Sense 4 verb
provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
Types & categories
- deviate hypernym
Related & opposite
- electrical shunt derivation
Sense 5 noun
implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body
Types & categories
- implant hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | passageway |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bypass |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | portacaval shunt |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shunter |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | shift |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shunt |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | circuit |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | conductor |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | electrical shunt |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | deviate |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | implant |