отбя́гвам — meaning in English
otbyagvam
Bulgarian → English · translate English → Bulgarian instead
English meaning
- avoid verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
- dodge verb To avoid something by moving quickly out of its way.
- elude verb To avoid or escape someone or something, often through cleverness or luck.
- 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.
- forbear verb To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
- shun verb To deliberately avoid someone or something, often as a form of social rejection.
- squirm verb To twist and wriggle the body, like a worm or snake.
Senses
отбя́гвам is used for these senses in English:
- avoid (transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
- dodge (ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
- elude (transitive) To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
- eschew (transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
- evade (transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
- forbear (transitive) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
- shun (transitive) To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.
- squirm To evade a question, an interviewer etc.
avoid — full definition
- verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
- verb To prevent something from happening, or to stop yourself from doing something.
- verb legal: To make a contract or legal act void; to cancel it.
dodge — full definition
- verb To avoid something by moving quickly out of its way.
- verb To avoid dealing with a question, responsibility, or difficulty.
- noun A trick or clever way of avoiding something, especially a duty or tax.