shunning

«shunning» in Mova's school dictionary: keeping away from someone or something on purpose, and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb form (the -ing form of shun: shun, shuns, shunned, shunning)

meaning for a pupil

Shunning means keeping away from someone or something on purpose, and refusing to have anything to do with it. tree →

sense in the lessons

in the tales a character avoids work or company by choice; to shun a thing is to keep well clear of it.

examples

• "Are you seeking work or shunning work?" tree →
• She was shunning her old friends. tree →
• He kept shunning the crowds. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shunning» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.