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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


shun⋅na⋅ble, adjective
shunner, noun


evade, eschew.


seek.

Shun

[shoon]
–noun Wade-Giles, Pinyin.
See under Yao.

Yao

[you] ,
–noun
Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun), was a paragon of good government.
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.

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.
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."
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