Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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shunt | Yes | No | Yes | No |
shift | Yes | No | Yes | No |
shunt (noun) | shift (noun) |
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implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body | the act of moving from one place to another |
a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current | the act of changing one thing or position for another |
a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another | a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist |
a woman's sleeveless undergarment | |
the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters | |
an event in which something is displaced without rotation | |
a qualitative change | |
a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time | |
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | |
the time period during which you are at work |
shunt (verb) | shift (verb) |
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transfer to another track, of trains | make a shift in or exchange of |
provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt | move and exchange for another |
lay aside, abandon, or leave for another | |
move from one setting or context to another | |
change in quality | |
change gears | |
change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change | |
use a shift key on a keyboard | |
change place or direction | |
move very slightly | |
move around | |
move abruptly | |
move sideways or in an unsteady way |