'shun - The Dictionary

shun (sh?n)tr.v. shunned, shun·ning, shuns 1. To avoid using, accepting, engaging in, or partaking of: shun someone’s advice; shun public recognition; shun fatty foods.2. To refuse to accept socially; avoid having social contact with: “Oddly, by being one of the few players who spoke candidly about the business of baseball, he was often shunned by the business world itself” (David Grann).3. To stay away from; not go to: “He shunned the elevator and started up the broad marble stairs” (Frederick Irving Anderson).[Middle English shunnen, from Old English scunian, to abhor.]shun?ner n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.shun (??n) vb, shuns, shunning or shunned (tr) to avoid deliberately; keep away from[Old English scunian, of obscure origin] ?shunnable adj ?shunner nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014shun (??n) v.t. shunned, shun?ning. to keep away from; take pains to avoid. [before 950; Old English scunian] shun?na?ble, adj. shun?ner, n. Shun (?un) n. See under Yao 1. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.shunPast participle: shunnedGerund: shunningImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativeshunshunPresentI shunyou shunhe/she/it shunswe shunyou shunthey shunPreteriteI shunnedyou shunnedhe/she/it shunnedwe shunnedyou shunnedthey shunnedPresent ContinuousI am shunningyou are shunninghe/she/it is shunningwe are shunningyou are shunningthey are shunningPresent PerfectI have shunnedyou have shunnedhe/she/it has shunnedwe have shunnedyou have shunnedthey have shunnedPast ContinuousI was shunningyou were shunninghe/she/it was shunningwe were shunningyou were shunningthey were shunningPast PerfectI had shunnedyou had shunnedhe/she/it had shunnedwe had shunnedyou had shunnedthey had shunnedFutureI will shunyou will shunhe/she/it will shunwe will shunyou will shunthey will shunFuture PerfectI will have shunnedyou will have shunnedhe/she/it will have shunnedwe will have shunnedyou will have shunnedthey will have shunnedFuture ContinuousI will be shunningyou will be shunninghe/she/it will be shunningwe will be shunningyou will be shunningthey will be shunningPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been shunningyou have been shunninghe/she/it has been shunningwe have been shunningyou have been shunningthey have been shunningFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been shunningyou will have been shunninghe/she/it will have been shunningwe will have been shunningyou will have been shunningthey will have been shunningPast Perfect ContinuousI had been shunningyou had been shunninghe/she/it had been shunningwe had been shunningyou had been shunningthey had been shunningConditionalI would shunyou would shunhe/she/it would shunwe would shunyou would shunthey would shunPast ConditionalI would have shunnedyou would have shunnedhe/she/it would have shunnedwe would have shunnedyou would have shunnedthey would have shunnedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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