eschew
UK/ɛsˈt͡ʃuː//ɛsˈt͡ʃu/
eschew verb: to avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
Verb
eschew (third-person singular simple present eschews, present participle eschewing, simple past and past participle eschewed)
- To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
- And peraduenture my lady the quene sente for hym to that entente that syr Launcelot shold come to her good grace pryuely and secretely wenynge to her that hit was best so to do in eschewyng & dredyng of sklaunder
"And peradventure my lady, the queen, sent for him to that intent that Sir Launcelot...1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur Book XX, Chapter vii, leaf 404v - What cannot be eschew'd must be embrac'd.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- And peraduenture my lady the quene sente for hym to that entente that syr Launcelot shold come to her good grace pryuely and secretely wenynge to her that hit was best so to do in eschewyng & dredyng of sklaunder
eschew meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
eschew in Tamil
- தவிர், விலக்கு
eschew in Malayalam
- refrain from, abstain from, give up
- വർജ്ജിക, ഒഴിവാക്കുക, വിട്ടുനിൽക്കുക, സ്വമേധയാ വേണ്ടെന്നു വയ്ക്കുക, ചെയ്യാതിരിക്കുക, തള്ളുക
eschew in Kannada
- ತೊರೆ, ದೂರ ಇರು
Examples of eschew in a sentence
- Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Peter 3:11:
- Above all, let her eschew the impertinence of invention; let her leave genius to her milliner.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […]...
- I eschew the idea of plugging in my laptop to take notes and resort to old-fashioned pen and paper instead, so that I can enjoy more of the view and not be distracted by bashing a keyboard.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 65:
Forms of eschew
| third-person singular present | eschews |
|---|---|
| present participle | eschewing |
| past participle | eschewed |
| past | eschewed |
Origin of eschew
From Middle English eschewen, from Anglo-Norman eschiver, (third-person present eschiu), from Frankish *skiuhijan (“to dread, shun, avoid”); thus a doublet of skew. For the pronunciation with /ʃ/, compare the development of marshal from Middle English marschal (/marsˈt͡ʃaːl/) or Middle English myssheve, variant of myschef (“hardship”). Variants in /sk/ are either from unattested Middle English *eskewen (from Old Northern French eskiver; compare skew) or are spelling pronunciations. See also French esquiver.
Words formed from eschew
Words that rhyme with eschew
Questions about eschew
- What does eschew mean?
- Eschew means to avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
- What is eschew in Tamil?
- Eschew in Tamil is தவிர், விலக்கு. See Eschew meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use eschew in a sentence?
- Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
- What part of speech is eschew?
- Eschew is a verb.
- How do you pronounce eschew?
- Eschew is pronounced /ɛsˈt͡ʃuː/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of eschew?
- The past tense of eschew is eschewed.
Words near eschew in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: eschew (page history and authors); eschew (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eschew (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); eschew (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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