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(transitive) To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a (sudden) start to.
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(transitive) To divert to a less important place, position, or state.
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(transitive) To provide with a shunt.
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(transitive, computing) To move data in memory to a physical disk.
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(transitive, electricity) To divert electric current by providing an alternative path.
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(transitive, rail transport) To move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages, etc. from one train to another.
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(transitive, chiefly road transport, informal, British) To have a minor collision, especially in a motor car.
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(transitive, surgery) To divert the flow of a body fluid.
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(transitive, obsolete, British, dialectal) To turn aside or away; to divert.
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(finance, UK, historical) To carry on arbitrage between the London stock exchange and provincial stock exchanges.