[n] implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body
[n] a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
[n] a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus shunt"
[v] transfer to another track, of trains
[v] provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt