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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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..
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..
Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) To shun; to move from.
Astert :: Astert (v. t.) To start up; to befall; to escape; to shun.
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..
Noonshun :: Noonshun (n.) See Nunchion.
Shunning :: Shunning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shu.
Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To turn away; to shun; to refuse; -- the opposite of accept or consent; as, he declined, upon principle..
Inevitable :: Inevitable (a.) Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain.
Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove.
Expose :: Expose (v. t.) To deprive of concealment; to discover; to lay open to public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing that shuns publicity, something criminal, shameful, or the like; as, to expose the faults of a neighbor..
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..
Balk :: Balk (v. t.) To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.
Avoidable :: Avoidable (a.) Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped..
Shunter :: Shunter (n.) A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another.
Escape :: Escape (v.) To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger..
Shunted :: Shunted (imp. & p. p.) of Shun.
Evite :: Evite (v. t.) To shun.
Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.
Shunt :: Shunt (v. i.) To go aside; to turn off.
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