Избягвам — meaning in English

English meaning

• dodge verb To avoid something by moving quickly out of its way.
• duck noun A web-footed water bird, often kept domestically or hunted.
• elude verb To avoid or escape someone or something, often through cleverness or luck.
• escape verb To get free from confinement, danger, or an unpleasant situation.
• eschew verb To deliberately avoid or keep away from something, usually on moral or practical grounds.
• evade verb To cleverly avoid or escape something, such as a person, question, or duty.
• flee verb To run away from danger or a threatening situation.
• help verb To provide assistance to someone or something.
• miss verb To fail to hit, catch, reach, or make contact with something.
• shun verb To deliberately avoid someone or something, often as a form of social rejection.
• sidestep noun A step to the side.
• skip verb To move along lightly with a hop in each step.
• slip verb To lose one's footing or grip and slide accidentally.
• swerve verb To turn suddenly away from a straight path, often to avoid hitting something.

Senses

Избягвам is used for these senses in English:

• dodge (ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
• dodge (transitive, figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
• duck (transitive, figurative) To evade doing something, especially something considered a responsibility.
• elude (transitive) To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
• escape (transitive) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
• eschew (transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
• evade (intransitive) To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
• flee (intransitive) To run away; to escape.

dodge — full definition

1. verb To avoid something by moving quickly out of its way.
2. verb To avoid dealing with a question, responsibility, or difficulty.
3. noun A trick or clever way of avoiding something, especially a duty or tax.

duck — full definition

1. noun A web-footed water bird, often kept domestically or hunted.
2. verb To lower the head or body quickly to avoid being hit.
3. verb To avoid or evade a task, question, or responsibility.
4. noun (British, informal) A term of endearment for a friend or stranger.

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