evadable

[ih-veyd]

e·vade

[ih-veyd] verb, e·vad·ed, e·vad·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to escape from by trickery or cleverness: to evade one's pursuers.
2.
to get around by trickery: to evade rules.
3.
to avoid doing or fulfilling: to evade an obligation.
4.
to avoid answering directly: to evade a question.
5.
to elude; escape: The solution evaded him.
verb (used without object)
6.
to practice evasion.
7.
to elude or get away from someone or something by craft or slyness; escape.

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Evadable is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

Origin:
1505–15; < Latin ēvādere to pass over, go out, equivalent to ē- e- + vādere to go, walk

e·vad·a·ble, e·vad·i·ble, adjective
e·vad·er, noun
e·vad·ing·ly, adverb
non·e·vad·a·ble, adjective
non·e·vad·i·ble, adjective
EXPAND
non·e·vad·ing, adjective
non·e·vad·ing·ly, adverb
pre·e·vade, verb (used with object), pre·e·vad·ed, pre·e·vad·ing.
un·e·vad·a·ble, adjective
un·e·vad·ed, adjective
un·e·vad·i·ble, adjective
un·e·vad·ing, adjective
COLLAPSE

avoid, evade, ovoid (see synonym note at avoid).


1. avoid, dodge. See escape. 6. prevaricate, equivocate, fence.


1. face, confront.

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evade (ɪˈveɪd)
 
vb
1.  to get away from or avoid (imprisonment, captors, etc); escape
2.  to get around, shirk, or dodge (the law, a duty, etc)
3.  (also intr) to avoid answering (a question)
 
[C16: from French évader, from Latin ēvādere to go forth, from vādere to go]
 
e'vadable
 
adj
 
e'vader
 
n
 
e'vadingly
 
adv

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