ESCAPE
/əˈskeɪp/ ► audio Scrabble 10 Words With Friends 12
Definition
- verb run away from confinement.
— synonyms: get_away, break_loose
- verb fail to experience.
— synonyms: miss
- verb escape potentially unpleasant consequences.
— synonyms: get_off, get_away, get_by, get_out
- verb be incomprehensible to.
— synonyms: elude
- verb remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion.
— synonyms: get_away
- verb flee.
— synonyms: scat, run, scarper, turn_tail, lam, run_away, hightail_it, bunk
- verb issue or leak, as from a small opening.
- noun the act of escaping physically.
— synonyms: flight
- noun an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy.
— synonyms: escapism
- noun nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do.
— synonyms: evasion, dodging
- noun an avoidance of danger or difficulty.
- noun a means or way of escaping.
- noun a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild.
- noun the discharge of a fluid from some container.
— synonyms: leak, leakage, outflow
- noun a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler).
— synonyms: safety_valve, relief_valve, escape_valve, escape_cock
Examples
- “The prisoners made their escape by digging a tunnel.”
- “You forgot to insert an escape in the datastream.”
- “The factory was evacuated after toxic gases escaped from a pipe.”
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