avoid (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 32
def stay clear from
def keep away from
def keep out of the way of someone or something
examples Her former friends now avoid her
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Outgoing links
Derivationally related form avoid → avoidance
Antonym avoid → confront
Hyponym hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep; miss, escape; get off, get away, get by, get out, escape; bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around; keep off, stay off; shirk; shy away from; shun, eschew
Incoming links
Derivationally related form avoidance → avoid
Hypernym hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep; miss, escape; get off, get away, get by, get out, escape; bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around; keep off, stay off; shirk; shy away from; shun, eschew
Antonym confront → avoid
Entailment ostracize, ostracise

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