уклоня́ться — meaning in English

English meaning

• abscond verb To leave secretly and hurriedly, usually to escape custody or having taken something that is not yours.
• avoid verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
• 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.
• evade verb To cleverly avoid or escape something, such as a person, question, or duty.
• obviate verb To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
• shirk verb To avoid a duty or responsibility.
• swerve verb To turn suddenly away from a straight path, often to avoid hitting something.

Senses

уклоня́ться is used for these senses in English:

• avoid (transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
• cop out (idiomatic) To avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner.
• deflect (transitive, figuratively) To avoid addressing (questions, criticism, etc.).
• dodge (transitive, figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
• evade (transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
• obviate (transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
• swerve To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact.
• tergiversate (intransitive) To evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to obfuscate in a deliberate manner.

avoid — full definition

1. verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
2. verb To prevent something from happening, or to stop yourself from doing something.
3. verb legal: To make a contract or legal act void; to cancel it.

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