shun
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shun
(shŭn)tr.v. shunned, shun·ning, shuns
1. To avoid using, accepting, engaging in, or partaking of: shun someone's advice; shun public recognition; shun fatty foods.
2. To refuse to accept socially; avoid having social contact with: "Oddly, by being one of the few players who spoke candidly about the business of baseball, he was often shunned by the business world itself" (David Grann).
3. To stay away from; not go to: "He shunned the elevator and started up the broad marble stairs" (Frederick Irving Anderson).
[Middle English shunnen, from Old English scunian, to abhor.]
shun′ner n.
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shun
(ʃʌn)vb, shuns, shunning or shunned
(tr) to avoid deliberately; keep away from
[Old English scunian, of obscure origin]
ˈshunnable adj
ˈshunner n
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shun
(ʃʌn)v.t. shunned, shun•ning.
to keep away from; take pains to avoid.
[before 950; Old English scunian]
shun′na•ble, adj.
shun′ner, n.
Shun
(ʃun)n.
See under Yao 1.
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shun
Past participle: shunned
Gerund: shunning
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| Verb | 1. |  shun - avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear ofavoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her" |
| 2. |  shun - expel from a community or group |
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shun
verb avoid, steer clear of, keep away from, snub, evade, eschew, shy away from, brush off, cold-shoulder, have no part in, fight shy of, give (someone or something) a wide berth, body-swerve (Scot.), give (someone) the brush-off, keep your distance from From that time forward everybody shunned him.
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shun
verb1. To keep away from:
Idioms: fight shy of, give a wide berth to, have no truck with, keep clear of.
2. To slight (someone) deliberately:
Informal: coldshoulder.
Idioms: close the door on, give someone the cold shoulder, give someone the go-by, turn one's back on.
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Translations
يَتَجَنَّب
vyhýbat se
undgå
forîast
izvairītiesvairīties
sakınmakuzak durmak
shun
[ʃʌn] VTCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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shun
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shun
(ʃan) verb – past tense, past participle shunned – to avoid or keep away from.
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