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