What is the meaning of evade?

verb

• Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues. )
  • usage: "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
  • synonyms: hedge, fudge, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
• Escape, either physically or mentally.
  • usage: "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"
  • synonyms: elude, bilk
• Practice evasion.
  • usage: "This man always hesitates and evades"
• Use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid.
  • usage: "The con man always evades"