verb

1. To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun

2. To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from

   "I try to avoid the company of gamblers."

3. To try not to do something or to have something happen

4. To make empty; to clear.

5. To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).

6. To defeat or evade; to invalidate.

7. To emit or throw out; to void.

8. To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.

9. To get rid of.

10. To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.

11. To become void or vacant.