To Avoid

1. (transitive) to try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun
2. to keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from
3. To try not to do something or to have something happen
4. (transitive, obsolete) To make empty; to clear.
5. (transitive, now law) To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
6. (transitive, law) To defeat or evade; to invalidate.
7. (transitive, obsolete) To emit or throw out; to void.
8. (transitive, obsolete) To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.
9. (transitive, obsolete) To get rid of.
10. (intransitive, obsolete) To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.
11. (intransitive, obsolete) To become void or vacant.

Usage notesEdit

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs