To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc).
To screen, hide.
To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.
To shove, push.
To reject something by pushing it away with the foot.
To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity)
To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
An act of spurning; a scornful rejection.
A kick; a blow with the foot.
A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass.