avoid

avoid has 14 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• a.. To empty.
• a.. To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
• a.. To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.
• a.. To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.
• a.. 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.
• a.. To get rid of.
• a.. 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.
• v. i.. To retire; to withdraw.
• v. i.. To become void or vacant.
• v.. stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"
• v.. refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"
• v.. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"