SHUN

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

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Etymology

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• Huns, USNH, huns

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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