Meaning & use
Shunting
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Moving a train or railway carriage from one track to another; more generally, pushing or diverting something elsewhere.
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Workers spent the morning shunting freight cars into the sidings.
The patient's blood was shunting away from the extremities due to the cold.
A note on using this word
In medicine, a 'shunt' is a passage that redirects the flow of blood or fluid within the body.
Words with a similar meaning
switchingdiverting
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