Associations to the word «Avoid»

Wiktionary

AVOID, verb. (transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor not to meet; to shun; to abstain from.
AVOID, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To make empty; to clear.
AVOID, verb. (transitive) (now legal) To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
AVOID, verb. (transitive) (legal) 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.
AVOID, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
AVOID, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.
AVOID, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To get rid of.
AVOID, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.
AVOID, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To become void or vacant.
AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE, verb. (simile) (idiomatic) To shun, or evade if at all possible.

Dictionary definition

AVOID, verb. Stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her".
AVOID, verb. Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike".
AVOID, verb. Refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories".
AVOID, verb. Refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day".
AVOID, verb. Declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley