Definition of shun

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of shun is as below...

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..

Lern More About Shun

Unavoidable :: Unavoidable (a.) Not avoidable; incapable of being shunned or prevented; inevitable; necessary; as, unavoidable troubles..
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..
Escape :: Escape (v.) To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger..
Shunless :: Shunless (a.) Not to be shunned; inevitable; unavoidable.
Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To turn away; to shun; to refuse; -- the opposite of accept or consent; as, he declined, upon principle..
Astert :: Astert (v. t.) To start up; to befall; to escape; 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.
Evitate :: Evitate (v. t.) To shun; to avoid.
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..
Shunning :: Shunning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shu.
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..
Avoider :: Avoider (n.) One who avoids, shuns, or escapes..
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..
Noonshun :: Noonshun (n.) See Nunchion.
Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) To shun; to move from.
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..
Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free..
Inevitability :: Inevitability (n.) Impossibility to be avoided or shunned; inevitableness.
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..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us