shuttle

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Synonyms: scuttle, skuttle, suttle, shittle, shottle

Antonyms: scuttle, skuttle, suttle, shittle, shottle

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|weaving}} A tool used to carry the [[woof]] back and forth between the [[warp]] [[thread]]s on a [[loom]].
2. The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a [[lock stitch]].
3. A [[transport]] [[service]] (such as a bus or train) that goes back and forth between two or more places.
4. Such a [[transport]] [[vehicle]]; a shuttle [[bus]]; a [[space shuttle]].
5. Any other item that moves repeatedly [[back and forth]] between two [[position]]s, possibly [[transport]]ing something else with it between those [[point]]s (such as, in chemistry, a ''molecular shuttle'').
6. A [[shuttlecock]].
7. A [[shutter]], as for a [[channel]] for [[molten]] [[metal]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive|transitive}} To go or send [[back and forth]] between two places.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[transport]] by shuttle or by means of a shuttle service.

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