Dictionary Entry
avoid
avoid is a 5-letter English word with 14 senses as adjective, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To empty. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 14 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
To empty.
- 2adjective
To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
- 3adjective
To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.
- 4adjective
To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.
- 5adjective
To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.
- 6adjective
To get rid of.
- 7adjective
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.
- 8intransitive verb
To retire; to withdraw.
- 9intransitive verb
To become void or vacant.
- 10verb
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
"Her former friends now avoid her"
- 11verb
refrain from certain foods or beverages
"I keep off drugs"
"During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"
- 12verb
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
"Let's avoid a confrontation"
"head off a confrontation"
- 13verb
refrain from doing something
"She refrains from calling her therapist too often"
"He should avoid publishing his wife's memories"
- 14verb
declare invalid
"The contract was annulled"
"void a plea"
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