To try not to do something or to have something happen
To stay out of the way of (something harmful).
to keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from
To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun
To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
To defeat or evade; to invalidate.
To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.
To give existence to, to produce (living creatures).
To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.
To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender.