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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Shunless :: Shunless (a.) Not to be shunned; inevitable; unavoidable.
Astert :: Astert (v. t.) To start up; to befall; to escape; to shun.
Evite :: Evite (v. t.) To shun.
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..
Noonshun :: Noonshun (n.) See Nunchion.
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..
Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To turn away; to shun; to refuse; -- the opposite of accept or consent; as, he declined, upon principle..
Shunning :: Shunning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shu.
Avoider :: Avoider (n.) One who avoids, shuns, or escapes..
Shunting :: Shunting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shun.
Dachshund :: Dachshund (n.) One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; -- called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired..
Escape :: Escape (v.) To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger..
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..
Balk :: Balk (v. t.) To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.
Inevitability :: Inevitability (n.) Impossibility to be avoided or shunned; inevitableness.
Shunted :: Shunted (imp. & p. p.) of Shun.
Shunter :: Shunter (n.) A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another.
Shunned :: Shunned (imp. & p. p.) of Shu.
Shun :: 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..
Evitation :: Evitation (n.) A shunning; avoidance.
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