Definitions
1.VerbTo try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun.
2.VerbTo stay out of the way of (something harmful)."I avoided the slap easily.; One town was flooded from the storm, while the other town avoided the storm."
3.VerbTo keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from."I try to avoid the company of gamblers."
4.VerbTo try not to do something or to have something happen.
5.VerbTo make empty; to clear.
6.VerbTo make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
7.VerbTo defeat or evade; to invalidate.
8.VerbTo emit or throw out; to void.
9.VerbTo leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.
10.VerbTo get rid of.
11.VerbTo retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.
12.VerbTo become void or vacant.