shun, eschew
(verb) avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball
(verb) expel from a community or group
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shun (third-person singular simple present shuns, present participle shunning, simple past and past participle shunned)
(transitive) To avoid, especially persistently.
(transitive) To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc).
(transitive) To screen, hide.
(transitive) To shove, push.
• Huns, USNH, huns
Source: Wiktionary
Shun, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shunned; p. pr. & vb. n. Shunning.] Etym: [OE. shunien, schunien, schonien, AS. scunian, sceonian; cf. D. schuinen to slepe, schuin oblique, sloping, Icel. skunda, skynda, to hasten. Cf. Schooner, Scoundrel, Shunt.]
Definition: To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice. I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. Acts xx. 26,27. Scarcity and want shall shun you. Shak.
Syn.
– See Avoid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
