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# shun

verb (shun, shuns, shunned, shunning)

«shun» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To shun someone is to keep away from them on purpose and refuse to talk to them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shun/#m1)
2. To shun something is to avoid it: «She shuns the spotlight». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shun/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and history, a character may be shunned by a village for being different, which is a kind of bullying. In wellbeing lessons, pupils discuss how being shunned feels and how to include others. In formal writing it means «avoid». Phrases: «shunned by», «shun publicity», «shun the limelight».

### Examples

- The other children shunned him because he was new. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shun/#x1)
- In the story, the village shunned the old woman. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shun/#x2)
- Some animals shun bright light and hide during the day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shun/#x3)
- She shuns fast food and eats healthily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shun/#x4)
- Being shunned by your friends can feel very lonely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shun/#x5)
- We should not shun someone just because they are different. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shun/#x6)
- Be wise and shun the quack. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shun/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb; double the «n»: shunned, shunning. A bit formal or literary; everyday words are «avoid», «ignore», «leave out». Shunning on purpose to hurt someone is a form of bullying.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Job is praised as someone who turned away from evil, which is part of what makes him "whole-hearted and upright." Tradition holds that fear of God means keeping away from wrongdoing. In the primary lessons: In stories and history, a character may be shunned by a village for being different, which is a kind of bullying. In wellbeing lessons, pupils discuss how being shunned feels and how to include others. In formal writing it means «avoid». Phrases: «shunned by», «shun publicity», «shun the limelight».

### Examples

- THERE was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was whole-hearted and upright, and one that feared God, and shunned evil. (Writings JOB.1.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shun/#x1)

### Note

Regular verb; double the «n»: shunned, shunning. A bit formal or literary; everyday words are «avoid», «ignore», «leave out». Shunning on purpose to hurt someone is a form of bullying.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shun» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shun/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shun» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shun.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «shun» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shun/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shun» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/shun.html) on Mova free.