Function: intransitive verb
Date: 1603
1 : to stay at a distance from something
2 : to sail away from the shore
transitive verb
1 : to keep from advancing : REPEL
2 : PUT OFF , STALL
Function: intransitive verb
Date: 1603
1 : to stay at a distance from something
2 : to sail away from the shore
transitive verb
1 : to keep from advancing : REPEL
2 : PUT OFF , STALL
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012