Stay Young on MSN: What are the daily habits that can reduce tooth sensitivity? Have you ever felt a sudden sharp pain when drinking something cold or hot? That quick uncomfortable feeling is usually a sign of tooth sensitivity.

Understanding the Context

It happens when the protective layer of the tooth, ... escape, avoid, evade, elude, shun, eschew mean to get away or keep away from something. escape stresses the fact of getting away or being passed by not necessarily through effort or by conscious intent. AVOID definition: 1.

Key Insights

to stay away from someone or something: 2. to prevent something from happening or to not allow…. Learn more. AVOID definition: to keep away from; keep clear of; shun. See examples of avoid used in a sentence.

Final Thoughts

1. to keep away from; keep clear of; shun: to avoid a person. 2. to prevent from happening: to avoid falling. 3. Law.

to make void or of no effect; invalidate; annul. If you avoid a person or thing, you keep away from them. When talking to someone, if you avoid the subject, you keep the conversation away from a particular topic. Definition of avoid verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.