To move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages, etc. from one train to another.
To have a minor collision, especially in a motor car.
To move data in memory to a physical disk.
To divert the flow of a body fluid.
To carry on arbitrage between the London stock exchange and provincial stock exchanges.
To provide with a shunt.
To divert to a less important place, position, or state.
To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a (sudden) start to.
To divert electric current by providing an alternative path.
A switch on a railway used to move a train from one track to another.
An act of moving (suddenly), as due to a push or shove.
An abnormal passage between body channels.
The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.
A passage between body channels constructed surgically as a bypass; a tube inserted into the body to create such a passage.
A minor collision between vehicles.
A connection used as an alternative path between parts of an electrical circuit.
To divert (a locomotive or train) on to a lesser used track in order to allow other trains to pass.
To deviate briefly from the topic at hand.
To sideline; to push aside; to divert or distract from, reducing (something) to a secondary or subordinate position.
To divert or distract (someone) from a main issue or course of action with an alternate or less relevant topic or activity; or, to use deliberate trickery or sly wordplay when talking to (a person) in order to avoid discussion of a subject.
An alternate train of thought, issue, topic, or activity, that is a deviation or distraction from the topic at hand or central activity, and secondary or subordinate in importance or effectiveness.
A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for unloading freight, or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction); a railroad siding.
Any auxiliary railroad track, as differentiated from a siding, that runs adjacent to the main track.
A smaller tunnel or well drilled as an auxiliary off a main tunnel or well.