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# shunning

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

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

## Everyday

Shunning means keeping away from someone or something on purpose, and refusing to have anything to do with it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shunning/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shunning/#x1)
- She was shunning her old friends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shunning/#x2)
- He kept shunning the crowds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shunning/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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