Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To avoid using, accepting, engaging in, or partaking of.
- transitive verb To refuse to accept socially; avoid having social contact with.
- transitive verb To stay away from; not go to.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To detest; abhor; shrink from.
- To go or keep away from; keep out of the neighborhood of; avoid.
- To try to escape from; attempt to elude, generally with success; hence, to evade; escape.
- To refrain from; eschew; neglect; refuse.
- To shove; push. Bailey, 1731; Halliwell.
- To shrink back; fall back; retreat.
- To avoid or evade danger or injury.
- To withhold action or participation; refrain, as from doing something.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
avoid , especiallypersistently . - verb transitive To
escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc). - verb transitive To
screen ,hide . - verb transitive To
shove ,push .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb expel from a community or group
- verb avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Did anybody notice Palin shun Fey at the end of the show?
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The thing I like about this list of records-to-shun is that it avoids the obvious targets (Manilow, Kenny G) and goes after worshipped bands like Nirvana and Green Day.
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Most significantly, of course, Bishop's poem supplies the missing moral of Wordsworth's tale of a rural village's deliberate "shun" - ning of the outcast woman's loss and pain: "Love should be put into action!"
Elizabeth Bishop and the Wordsworth of _Lyrical Ballads_: Sentimentalism, Straw Men, and Misprision 1999
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Shunning is a non-action -- to shun is to avoid, not to interact.
Janice Harper: A Reason (and Season) to Stop Shunning Janice Harper 2011
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Shunning is a non-action -- to shun is to avoid, not to interact.
Janice Harper: A Reason (and Season) to Stop Shunning Janice Harper 2011
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Shunning is a non-action -- to shun is to avoid, not to interact.
Janice Harper: A Reason (and Season) to Stop Shunning Janice Harper 2011
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However, Paladino was not the party leader's choice and he, too, will learn first hand what the word 'shun' means.
Jerry Kremer: Shunning: The New GOP Mantra Jerry Kremer 2010
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However, Paladino was not the party leader's choice and he, too, will learn first hand what the word 'shun' means.
Jerry Kremer: Shunning: The New GOP Mantra Jerry Kremer 2010
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However, Paladino was not the party leader's choice and he, too, will learn first hand what the word 'shun' means.
Jerry Kremer: Shunning: The New GOP Mantra Jerry Kremer 2010
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However, Paladino was not the party leader's choice and he, too, will learn first hand what the word 'shun' means.
Jerry Kremer: Shunning: The New GOP Mantra Jerry Kremer 2010
teengagegeek commented on the word shun
Shun the non-believer!
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September 25, 2008