shun : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shun	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for shun
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shun v avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of [syn: shun, eschew] expel from a community or group Synonym(s): banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.