Definition of shun

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Shun (v. t.) To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice..

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Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer..
Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift..
Shunted :: Shunted (imp. & p. p.) of Shun.
Inevitability :: Inevitability (n.) Impossibility to be avoided or shunned; inevitableness.
Turn-out :: Turn-out (n.) A short side track on a railroad, which may be occupied by one train while another is passing on a main track; a shunt; a siding; a switch..
Unavoidable :: Unavoidable (a.) Not avoidable; incapable of being shunned or prevented; inevitable; necessary; as, unavoidable troubles..
Shunning :: Shunning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shu.
Shunter :: Shunter (n.) A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another.
Avoidable :: Avoidable (a.) Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped..
Decline :: Decline (v. t.) To put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse to undertake or comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid; as, to decline an offer; to decline a contest; he declined any participation with them..
Unavoided :: Unavoided (a.) Not avoided or shunned.
Shunless :: Shunless (a.) Not to be shunned; inevitable; unavoidable.
Astert :: Astert (v. t.) To start up; to befall; to escape; to shun.
Shunned :: Shunned (imp. & p. p.) of Shu.
Balk :: Balk (v. t.) To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.
Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove.
Avoid :: Avoid (a.) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters..
Noonshun :: Noonshun (n.) See Nunchion.
Evite :: Evite (v. t.) To shun.
Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) A conducting circuit joining two points in a conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo, so as to form a parallel or derived circuit through which a portion of the current may pass, for the purpose of regulating the amount passing in the main circuit..
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