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shun
[shuhn] 
–verb (used with object), shunned, shun⋅ning.
| to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid. |
Origin:
bef. 950; ME shunen, OE scunian to avoid, fear
bef. 950; ME shunen, OE scunian to avoid, fear
Related forms:
shun⋅na⋅ble, adjective
shunner, noun
Synonyms:
evade, eschew.
evade, eschew.
Antonyms:
seek.
seek.
Yao
[you] ,–noun
| Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun), was a paragon of good government. |
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| shun (shŭn) tr.v. shunned, shun·ning, shuns To avoid deliberately; keep away from. See Synonyms at escape. [Middle English shunnen, from Old English scunian, to abhor.] shun'ner n. |
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Shun
Shun\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shunned; p. pr. & vb. n. Shunning.] [OE. shunien, schunien, schonien, AS. scunian, sceonian; cf. D. schuinen to slepe, schuin oblique, sloping, Icel. skunda, skynda, to hasten. Cf. Schooner, Scoundrel, Shunt.] 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.
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Language Translation for : shun
Spanish:
evitar, rehuir,
German:
meiden,
Japanese:
避ける
shun
O.E. scunian "to shun, desist, to hide," of uncertain origin; not found in any other language. Perhaps ult. from PIE root *skeu- "to cover, to hide."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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