eschew
verb /ɪsˈtʃuː/
/ɪsˈtʃuː/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they eschew | /ɪsˈtʃuː/ /ɪsˈtʃuː/ |
| he / she / it eschews | /ɪsˈtʃuːz/ /ɪsˈtʃuːz/ |
| past simple eschewed | /ɪsˈtʃuːd/ /ɪsˈtʃuːd/ |
| past participle eschewed | /ɪsˈtʃuːd/ /ɪsˈtʃuːd/ |
| -ing form eschewing | /ɪsˈtʃuːɪŋ/ /ɪsˈtʃuːɪŋ/ |
- eschew something to deliberately avoid or keep away from something
- He had eschewed politics in favour of a life practising law.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French eschiver, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to German scheuen ‘shun’, also to shy.