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escape

(/E/'sk/eI/p )

noun (n)

the act of escaping physically(noun.act)

Example:
He made his escape from the mental hospital.
The canary escaped from its cage.

Synonym:
flight

source: wordnet30
an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy(noun.act)

Example:
Romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life.

Synonym:
escapism

source: wordnet30
nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do(noun.act)

Example:
That escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive.

Synonym:
dodging, evasion

source: wordnet30
an avoidance of danger or difficulty(noun.act)

Example:
That was a narrow escape.

source: wordnet30
a means or way of escaping(noun.act)

Example:
Hard work was his escape from worry.
They installed a second hatch as an escape.
Their escape route.

source: wordnet30
a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild(noun.plant)

source: wordnet30
the discharge of a fluid from some container(noun.event)

Example:
They tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe.

Synonym:
leak, leakage, outflow

source: wordnet30
a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
escape cock, escape valve, relief valve, safety valve

source: wordnet30
The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape; also, the means of escape; as, a fire escape.(noun)

source: webster1913
A plant which has escaped from cultivation.(noun)

source: webster1913

verb (v)

run away from confinement(verb.motion)

Example:
The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison.

Synonym:
break loose, get away

source: wordnet30
fail to experience(verb.communication)

Synonym:
miss

source: wordnet30
escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action(verb.communication)

Synonym:
get away, get by, get off, get out

source: wordnet30
be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by(verb.stative)

Synonym:
elude

source: wordnet30
remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion(verb.social)

Example:
We escaped to our summer house for a few days.

Synonym:
get away

source: wordnet30
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run(verb.motion)

Example:
The burglars escaped before the police showed up.

Synonym:
break away, bunk, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail

source: wordnet30
issue or leak, as from a small opening(verb.change)

Example:
Gas escaped into the bedroom.

source: wordnet30
To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.(verb)

source: webster1913
To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of.(verb)

source: webster1913

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