dachshund | (noun) small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows | Synonyms: badger dog, dachsie |
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shun | (verb) avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of | Synonyms: eschew |
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(verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize |
shunning | (noun) deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening | Synonyms: avoidance, dodging, turning away |
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shunt | (noun) implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body | - |
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(noun) a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current | Synonyms: bypass, electrical shunt |
(noun) a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another | - |
(verb) transfer to another track, of trains | - |
(verb) provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt | - |
shunter | (noun) a small locomotive used to move cars around but not to make trips | - |
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