Look up: Avoid

1. avoid
   [v] - refrain from doing something 2. [v] - stay clear from
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2. avoid
   stylistic consideration according to which juxtaposing several sentences is to be preferred to conjoining them in a single sentence Category: General
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3. Avoid
   A·void' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Avoided ; present participle & verbal noun Avoiding .] [ Old French esvuidier , es (L. ex ) + vuidier ...
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4. Avoid
   A·void' intransitive verb 1. To retire; to withdraw. [ Obsolete] « David avoided out of his presence. 1 Sam. xviii. 11. » 2. (Law) To become void or vacant. [ Obsolete] Ayliffe.
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5. avoid
   1. To empty. ... 2. To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions. ... 3. To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from. 'Six of us only stayed, and the rest avoided the room.' (Bacon) ... 4. To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute. 'How can these grants of the king's be avoided?' (Spenser) ......
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6. avoid
   verb stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; `Her former friends now avoid her`
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7. Avoid
   • (a.) To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute. • (a.) To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions. • (v. i.) To become void or vacant. • (a.) To get rid of. • (a.) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to a...
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8. avoid
   avoid 1. To keep away from, to shun. 2. To stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something: 'Her former husband now avoids her.' 3. To prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening: 'If at all possible, we should avoid a confrontation'. 4. To refrain from doing so...
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