escape
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I. verb
(escaped; escaping)
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French escaper, eschaper, from Vulgar Latin *excappare, from Latin ex- + Late Latin cappa head covering, cloak
Date: 13th century
intransitive verb
1.
a. to get away (as by flight) <
escaped from prison
>
b. to issue from confinement <gas is escaping
>
c. of a plant to run wild from cultivation
2. to avoid a threatening evil <the boat sank but the crew escaped
>
transitive verb
1. to get free of ; break away from <escape the jungle
> <escape the solar system
>
2. to get or stay out of the way of ; avoid <efforts to escape poverty
>
3. to fail to be noticed or recallable by <his name escapes me
>
4.
a. to issue from <a smile escaped me
>
b. to be uttered involuntarily by <a sigh of relief escaped her
>
• escaper noun
Synonyms:
escape, avoid, evade, elude, shun, eschew mean to get away or keep away from something. escape stresses the fact of getting away or being passed by not necessarily through effort or by conscious intent <nothing escapes her sharp eyes
>. avoid stresses forethought and caution in keeping clear of danger or difficulty <try to avoid past errors
>. evade implies adroitness, ingenuity, or lack of scruple in escaping or avoiding <evaded the question by changing the subject
>. elude implies a slippery or baffling quality in the person or thing that escapes <what she sees in him eludes me
>. shun often implies an avoiding as a matter of habitual practice or policy and may imply repugnance or abhorrence <you have shunned your responsibilities
>. eschew implies an avoiding or abstaining from as unwise or distasteful <a playwright who eschews melodrama
>.
II. noun
Date: 14th century
1. an act or instance of escaping: as
a. flight from confinement
b. evasion of something undesirable
c. leakage or outflow especially of a fluid
d. distraction or relief from routine or reality
2. a means of escape
3. a cultivated plant run wild
III. adjective
Date: 1817
1. providing a means of escape <escape literature
>
2. providing a means of evading a regulation, claim, or commitment <an escape clause in a contract
>
New Collegiate Dictionary.
2001.
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