shun
/ʃʌn/ verb C1- To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize. · Acrophobes shun mountaineering.
- To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc). · I'll shun meeting them for as long as possible.
- To screen, hide.
- To shove, push.
He/she/it shuns · Past shunned · Past participle shunned · -ing form shunning
Verb forms
- Base form
- shun
- He/she/it
- shuns
- Past
- shunned
- Past participle
- shunned
- -ing form
- shunning
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