meiden — meaning in English
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English meaning
- avoid verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
- 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.
- shirk verb To avoid a duty or responsibility.
- shun verb To deliberately avoid someone or something, often as a form of social rejection.
Senses
meiden is used for these senses in English:
- avoid (transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
- 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.
- evade (transitive) To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
- shun (transitive) To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.
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.