Associations to the word «Shun»

Wiktionary

SHUN, verb. (transitive) To avoid, especially persistently.
SHUN, verb. (transitive) To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc).
SHUN, verb. (transitive) To screen, hide.
SHUN, verb. (transitive) To shove, push.

Dictionary definition

SHUN, verb. Avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of.
SHUN, verb. Expel from a community or group.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope