evades

a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery v

n an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade n a quick evasive movement n a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery v make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid v move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course v avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

n nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do n a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery n deliberately avoiding

n an elaborate and systematic plan of action n a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery n a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole n an internal representation of the world