shirk
/ʃɚk/ verb C2- To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
- To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away. · If you have a job, don't shirk from it by staying off work.
- To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
He/she/it shirks · Past shirked · Past participle shirked · -ing form shirking
Verb forms
- Base form
- shirk
- He/she/it
- shirks
- Past
- shirked
- Past participle
- shirked
- -ing form
- shirking
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There isn’t a kinder soul in Avonlea and she never shirks her share of work.”
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