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shunt

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

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excited

— adjective (= emotional, worked up) (of persons) excessively affected by emotion he would become emotional over nothing at all she was worked up about all the noise — adjective in an aroused state — adjective (= delirious, frantic, mad) marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion a crowd of delirious baseball fans something frantic in their gaiety a mad whirl of pleasure — adjective (= activated) (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive

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machine Noun

— A machine is a man-made object with moving parts. I'm putting the clothes in the washing machine. Is there anything you want washed? This new machine is the fastest computer I've ever had.

machine Verb

— If you machine something you fasten or shape it with a machine.

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