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- Dictionaryeschew/ɪsˈtʃuː/
verb
- 1. deliberately avoid using; abstain from: "he appealed to the crowd to eschew violence"
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to avoid something intentionally, or to give something up: We won't have discussions with this group unless they eschew violence. He eschewed the trappings of wealth, wearing scruffy clothes and travelling around by bus. Synonym. shun. Fewer examples. The film eschews sentimentality but is full of sincere emotion.
The meaning of ESCHEW is to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun. How to use eschew in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Eschew.
Eschew definition: to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid. See examples of ESCHEW used in a sentence.
You eschew things that you find morally or aesthetically wrong, or that you have chosen to find wrong. A dieter might eschew a chocolate sundae, not because he doesn’t like it, but because he’s afraid of what it will do to his waistline.
to avoid something intentionally, or to give something up: We won't have discussions with this group unless they eschew violence. He eschewed the trappings of wealth, wearing old clothes and traveling around by bus. Synonym. shun. Fewer examples. The movie eschews sentimentality but is full of sincere emotion.
If you eschew something, you deliberately avoid doing it or becoming involved in it. [ formal ] Although he appeared to enjoy a jet-setting life, he eschewed publicity and avoided nightclubs.
1. To avoid using, accepting, participating in, or partaking of: "Italian tends to eschew the sort of polite euphemisms in which English glories" ( David Leavitt ). See Synonyms at evade. 2. To refrain from (doing something). [Middle English escheuen, from Old French eschivir, of Germanic origin; akin to akin to shy .] es·chew′al (-əl) n.
Definition of eschew verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Eschew definition: To avoid using, accepting, participating in, or partaking of.
If you eschew something, you deliberately avoid doing it or becoming involved in it. [ formal ] Although he appeared to enjoy a jet-setting life, he eschewed publicity and avoided nightclubs.
