The Only Use
avert
in
Of Mice and Men
(Edited)
- For a moment she stood over him as though waiting for him to move so that she could whip at him again; but Crooks sat perfectly still, his eyes averted, everything that might be hurt drawn in.
p. 81.3averted = turned aside
Definitions:
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(1)
(avert as in: avert her eyes) turn away or aside -- often to turn your eyes away from something
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(2)
(avert as in: avert a strike) prevent from happening
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)