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shunt

/ʃʌnt/ /ʃʌnt/
verb Regular verbshunt shunted
General
  1. 1 (başka yere) kaydırmak, (kenara) itmek

Definition (English)

To move someone or something to a different place, often a less important one.

Example Sentences

  1. The accident forced them to shunt the traffic onto a different route.
    Kaza, onları trafiği farklı bir güzergâha kaydırmak zorunda bıraktı.
  2. After the merger, she was shunted into a smaller office.
    Birleşmeden sonra daha küçük bir ofise kaydırıldı.
GeneralTransportation
  1. 1 (vagonları) manevrayla başka hatta almak, manevra yapmak

Definition (English)

To move a train from one track to another.

Example Sentences

  1. They decided to shunt the old train cars to a different siding.
    Eski vagonları manevrayla başka bir yan hatta almaya karar verdiler.
  2. The engine shunted the empty wagons into the yard.
    Lokomotif boş vagonları manevrayla depo sahasına çekti.

Verb Forms Regular

Base shunt
/ʃʌnt/
Past shunted
/ʃʌntɪd/
Participle shunted
/ʃʌntɪd/
Spelling rule

Add ‑edshunt → shunted

Fiilin sonuna -ed eklenir.

Same rule: work → worked · want → wanted · help → helped

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil /t/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed ayrı bir hece olur ve /ɪd/ okunur. shunted /ʃʌntɪd/

Synonyms

divertshiftredirect

Collocations

shunt asideshunt someone off toshunt onto a siding

Related Words

movementpositiondirectionforcetrafficrailway