ausweichen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- avoid verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
- bypass noun A road built to route traffic around a town or busy area.
- deflect verb To cause something to change direction, usually by bouncing or glancing off.
- dodge verb To avoid something by moving quickly out of its way.
- duck noun A web-footed water bird, often kept domestically or hunted.
- escape verb To get free from confinement, danger, or an unpleasant situation.
- evade verb To cleverly avoid or escape something, such as a person, question, or duty.
- evasion noun The act of avoiding something, especially a direct answer, duty, or obligation, often through trickery.
- fudge noun A soft, very sweet candy made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
- prevaricate verb To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
- runaround noun Evasive or misleading treatment meant to delay or avoid giving someone a straight answer.
- shirk verb To avoid a duty or responsibility.
- shun verb To deliberately avoid someone or something, often as a form of social rejection.
- sidestep noun A step to the side.
- straddle verb To sit or stand with one leg on each side of something.
- swerve verb To turn suddenly away from a straight path, often to avoid hitting something.
Senses
ausweichen is used for these senses in English:
- avoid (transitive) To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun.
- avoid (transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
- avoid (transitive) To try not to do something or to have something happen.
- bypass To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass.
- deflect (transitive, figuratively) To avoid addressing (questions, criticism, etc.).
- deflect (psychology) To redirect culpability to avoid it.
- dodge (ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
- dodge (transitive, figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
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.
bypass — full definition
- noun A road built to route traffic around a town or busy area.
- noun A surgical procedure that reroutes blood flow around a blocked or damaged part.
- verb To avoid something by going around it, or to skip normal procedure.