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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To avoid; shun. See Synonyms at escape.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Unwilling; disinclined.
  2. To refuse to use or participate in; stand aloof from; shun; avoid.
  3. To escape from; evade.

Wiktionary

  1. v. transitive, formal To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling of distaste; to keep one's self clear of.
  2. v. obsolete To escape from; to avoid.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English eschewen, from Anglo-Norman eschiver (third-person present eschiu), from Frankish *sciuhan (“to dread, shun, avoid”), from Proto-Germanic *skiuhwijanan (“to frighten”). Cognate with Old High German sciuhen ("to frighten off"). More at shy. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English escheuen, from Old French eschivir, of Germanic origin; akin to shy1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • lbeaumont Eschew obfuscation! Oct 10, 2010

  • garyth123 those who follow a macrobiotic diet eschew potatoes Dec 5, 2008

  • chained_bear I know, I love that list on the right. It really is very handy! Nov 1, 2007

  • reesetee Wha...? Weird! I was sure it was, but that handy list to our right says otherwise!

    Okay, now it is. :-) Nov 1, 2007

  • chained_bear Reesetee, is this word on your "Gesundheit" list? Nov 1, 2007

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