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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Assibilation :: Assibilation (n.) Change of a non-sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to -shun, duke to ditch..
Eschew :: Eschew (a.) To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling of distaste; to keep one's self clear of..
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..
Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer..
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..
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..
Shunter :: Shunter (n.) A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another.
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..
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..
Fly :: Fly (v. t.) To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid.
Evitation :: Evitation (n.) A shunning; avoidance.
Avoidance :: Avoidance (n.) The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
Evitate :: Evitate (v. t.) To shun; to avoid.
Unavoidable :: Unavoidable (a.) Not avoidable; incapable of being shunned or prevented; inevitable; necessary; as, unavoidable troubles..
Avoider :: Avoider (n.) One who avoids, shuns, or escapes..
Avoidable :: Avoidable (a.) Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped..
Noonshun :: Noonshun (n.) See Nunchion.
Shunting :: Shunting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shun.
Astert :: Astert (v. t.) To start up; to befall; to escape; to shun.
Evite :: Evite (v. t.) To shun.
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