Usually means: Avoid deliberately; shun; steer clear.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word eschew:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. eschew: Merriam-Webster
  2. eschew: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. eschew: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. eschew: Collins English Dictionary
  5. eschew: Vocabulary.com
  6. Eschew, eschew: Wordnik
  7. eschew: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. eschew: Wiktionary
  9. eschew: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. eschew: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. eschew: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Eschew, eschew: Dictionary.com
  13. eschew: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. eschew: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Eschew: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Eschew: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. eschew: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. eschew: Rhymezone
  19. Eschew: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. eschew: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. eschew: FreeDictionary.org
  22. eschew: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. eschew: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. eschew: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  25. eschew: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. eschew: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. eschew: Encyclopedia

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Eschew: Easton Bible
  2. ESCHEW: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. eschew: Urban Dictionary

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verb:  (transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.

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