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Meaning of 'escape' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Escape [ n.]
- 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.
- That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression.
- A sally.
- The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.
- An apophyge.
- Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.
- Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation.
2 . Escape [ v.]
- To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.
- To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention.
3 . Escape [ v. i.]
- To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of.
- To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm.
- To get free from that which confines or holds; -- used of persons or things; as, to escape from prison, from arrest, or from slavery; gas escapes from the pipes; electricity escapes from its conductors.

Meaning of 'escape' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . escape [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a means or way of escaping
Example in sentence:
  • hard work was his escape from worry;
  • their escape route;
  • they installed a second hatch as an escape
Meaning (2):
- the discharge of a fluid from some container
Example in sentence:
  • he had to clean up the leak;
  • they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe
Meaning (3):
- the act of escaping physically
Example in sentence:
  • he made his escape from the mental hospital;
  • his flight was an indication of his guilt;
  • the canary escaped from its cage
Meaning (4):
- an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
Example in sentence:
  • his alcohol problem was a form of escapism;
  • romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life
Meaning (5):
- nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
Example in sentence:
  • his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible;
  • that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive
Meaning (6):
- an avoidance of danger or difficulty
Example in sentence:
  • that was a narrow escape
7 . escape [ v]
Meaning (7):
- fail to experience
Example in sentence:
  • Fortunately, I missed the hurricane
Meaning (8):
- issue or leak, as from a small opening
Example in sentence:
  • Gas escaped into the bedroom
Meaning (9):
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
Example in sentence:
  • I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities;
  • She gets away with murder!
Meaning (10):
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
Example in sentence:
  • If you see this man, run!;
  • The burglars escaped before the police showed up
Meaning (11):
- run away from confinement
Example in sentence:
  • The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison
Meaning (12):
- remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
Example in sentence:
  • The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer;
  • We escaped to our summer house for a few days
Meaning (13):
- be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
Example in sentence:
  • What you are seeing in him eludes me

Nearby Words:

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