eschew

es·chew

(ĕ-sho͞o′, ĕs-cho͞o′)

tr.v. es·chewed, es·chew·ing, es·chews

1. To avoid using, accepting, participating in, or partaking of: "Italian tends to eschew the sort of polite euphemisms in which English glories" (David Leavitt). See Synonyms at evade.

2. To refrain from (doing something).

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[Middle English escheuen, from Old French eschivir, of Germanic origin; akin to akin to shy.]

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es·chew′al (-əl) n.

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eschew

(ɪsˈtʃuː)

vb

(tr) to keep clear of or abstain from (something disliked, injurious, etc); shun; avoid

[C14: from Old French eschiver, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German skiuhan to frighten away; see shy¹, skew]

esˈchewal n

esˈchewer n

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es•chew

(ɛsˈtʃu)

v.t.

to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid.

[1300–50; Middle English < Old French eschiver,eschever < Germanic; compare Old High German sciuhen; akin to shy¹]

es•chew′al, n.

es•chew′er, n.

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eschew

Past participle: eschewed
Gerund: eschewing

Imperative

eschew

eschew

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Thesaurus

Verb

1.

eschew - avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of shun avoid - 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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eschew

verb avoid, give up, abandon, have nothing to do with, shun, elude, renounce, refrain from, forgo, abstain from, fight shy of, forswear, abjure, kick (informal), swear off, give a wide berth to, keep or steer clear of He eschewed publicity and avoided nightclubs.

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eschew

verb

To keep away from:

avoid, burke, bypass, circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, escape, evade, get around, shun.

Idioms: fight shy of, give a wide berth to, have no truck with, keep clear of.

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Translations

избягвамотбягвам

vyhnout sevyvarovat se

meidenscheuen

αποφεύγω

karttaavälttää

להימנע

evitaretemere

ontwijkenschuwenvermijden

sky

renegar

eschew

[ɪsˈtʃuː] VT → evitar, renunciar a

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eschew

[ɪsˈtʃuː] vt → éviter

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

eschew

vt (old, liter) → scheuen, (ver)meiden; wine etc → sich enthalten (+gen); temptation → aus dem Wege gehen (+dat)

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eschew

[ɪsˈtʃuː] vt (frm) → evitare

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