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Webster 1913 Edition
Shun
Shun
,Verb.
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, viceI 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. Shakespeare
Syn. – See
Avoid
. Webster 1828 Edition
Shun
SHUN
,Verb.
T.
1. To avoid; to keep clear of; not to fall on or come in contact with; as, to shun rocks and shoals in navigation. In shunning Scylla, take care to avoid to avoid Charybdis.
2. To avoid; not to mix or associate with; as, to shun evil company.
3. To avoid; not to practice; as, to shun vice.
4. To avoid; to escape; as, to shun a blow.
5. To avoid; to decline; to neglect.
I haved not shunned to declare the whole counsel of God. Acts 20.
Definition 2024
Shun
shun
shun
English
Verb
shun (third-person singular simple present shuns, present participle shunning, simple past and past participle shunned)
- (transitive) To avoid, especially persistently.
- Acrophobes shun mountaineering.
- 2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
- British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.
- (transitive) To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc).
- (transitive) To screen, hide.
- (transitive) To shove, push.
Derived terms
Translations
to avoid
|
to escape
to screen, hide
|
References
- shun in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- shun in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams
Mandarin
Romanization
shun
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.