evade

evade (ē vād′, i-)

intransitive verb evad′·ed, evad′·ing

Etymology: Fr évader < L evadere < e-, out, from + vadere, to go: see wade

transitive verb

to avoid or escape from by deceit or cleverness; elude to evade a pursuer
to avoid doing or answering directly; get around; get out of to evade a question, to evade payment of a tax

evad′·a·ble adjective evad′·er noun

To use trickery to avoid an issue
equivocate, prevaricate, dodge, sidestep, put off, shuffle, avoid, elude, trick, baffle, quibble, shift, shirk, dissemble, cloak, conceal, deceive, be evasive, fence, parry, change the subject, pretend, confuse, pettifog, circumvent, skirt, hedge, cavil, subtilize, tergiversate, dodge the issue, duck*, beat around the bush*, give someone the runaround*, beg the question*, waffle*, hem and haw*, pussyfoot*, throw off the scent*, lead one a merry chase*, put off*, get around*, get out of*, cop out*, weasel out of *, lie one's way out of*.
Antonyms face*, confront*, make clear, elucidate. *
To avoid a meeting
escape, elude, slip out, sneak away from; see escape. See syn. study at escape.

Object

detection: Ministers also want to prevent drivers from evading detection by police officers armed with speed guns.
predator: Small bodied species, like roe deer, may evade predators more by concealment.
hound: Quarry that evade hounds rapidly return to normal behavior.
capture: Evading capture, he made his way some 20 miles to the French held area.
arrest: He returned to Berwick, where he evaded arrest by keeping on the English side of the Tweed.
taxis: The survey sought to uncover why taxpayers evade taxes.

Used with why or when

what: I don't quite get how it is possible to evade what is going on vis-a-vis the individual and what is left of nature.

Present participle complement

pay: One cannot evade paying higher interest rate for personal loans with bad credit.
give: The opponent must respond accurately or make a skip bid to evade giving information about his hand away.
make: The decision The manager must not evade making a final choice of the alternative which seems best to her or him.

Modifying Another Word

narrowly: On 33 minutes, a Gibson cross narrowly evaded Szenczyk.
somehow: A low cross from Stevens somehow evaded everyone, including Jimmy Martin arriving at the far post.
deliberately: The Greek track and field federation cleared them in March 2005 of deliberately evading the tests, saying they had not been properly notified.
thereby: This includes over 10m on sponsorship, mainly of sports events, thereby evading rules forbidding the association of smoking with fitness and success.
successfully: Two-thirds of the mink located by the hounds successfully evaded capture.
easily: A man who could have easily evaded his captors.

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