Definition of Avoid

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(v. i.)
To retire; to withdraw.
  

(v. i.)
To become void or vacant.
  

(a.)
To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.
  

(a.)
To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.
  

(a.)
To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.
  

(a.)
To get rid of.
  

(a.)
To empty.
  

(a.)
To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
  

(a.)
To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter.
  

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avoid
\a*void"\ (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. avoided; p. pr. & vb. n. avoiding.] [of. esvuidier, es (l. ex) + vuidier, voidier, to empty. see void, a.]
1. to empty. [obs.]
2. to emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions. [obs.] t. browne.
3. to quit or evacuate; to withdraw from. [obs.] six of us only stayed, and the rest avoided the room.
4. to make void; to annul or vacate; to refute. how can these grants of the king's be avoided?
5. to keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters. what need a man forestall his date of grief. and run to meet what he would most avoid ? he carefully avoided every act which could goad them into open hostility.
6. to get rid of. [obs.]
7. (pleading) to defeat or evade; to invalidate. thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter.

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Dianc = n. escape, retreat; v. to escape, to avoid

Gochel = v. to avoid, to beware

Gochelyd = v. to avoid, to shun

Gogelyd = v. to shun, to avoid

Gogoi = v. to go aside, to avoid

Gwag = n. avoid, a vacuum, a void, empty, vacant

Gwagelyd = v. to shun, to avoid

Ymogelyd = v. beware, to avoid

get rid of

putative list of people one wishes not to socialise with; a list of geeks

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Verb
1. stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"
(antonym) confront, face up, face
(hyponym) hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
(derivation) avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodging
2. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
(synonym) debar, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, ward off
(hypernym) prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
3. refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memoires"
(hyponym) fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick
4. refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"
(synonym) keep off
(hypernym) abstain, refrain, desist
5. declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
(synonym) invalidate, annul, quash, void, nullify
(hypernym) cancel, strike down
(hyponym) break

Fear of neglecting duty or responsibility

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verb
to try not to do something such as not to eat a particular food; you must try to avoid overexerting yourself; a patient on this diet should avoid alcohol

Both 'A' hands, thumbs pointing straight up, are held some distance before the chest, with the left hand in front of the right. The right hand, swinging back and forth, moves away from the left and toward the chest.