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escape
has definitions from the field of botany
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[ verb ] run away from confinement
Synonyms Examples "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison" Used in print (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)A band of robbers enters a railroad_station , overpowers and ties_up the telegraph_operator , holds_up the train and escapes . (Brand Blanshard, "The Emotive Theory," Robert...)There are signs that it has struggled for days to escape and that in a frenzy of hunger , pain , and fear , it has all_but eaten off its own leg . (Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)It was as though , in_that instant , he had felt the flatness of collage as too constricting and had suddenly tried to escape all_the_way back - or forward - to literal three-dimensionality . (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)`` P.J. '' - as Ludie called the town - was crowded with summer people who came to the mountains to escape the heat in the big cities . (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)As_long_as there were two human_beings working together on the same project , there would be competition and you could no_more escape it than you could expect to escape the grave . |
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[ verb ] fail to experience
Synonyms Examples "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Keegan , a 6 - foot - 3 - inch 158 - pounder , gave_up the Orioles ' last two safeties over the final three frames , escaping a load of trouble in the ninth when the Birds threatened but failed to tally . (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)Probably less_than one_percent of our previsions escape final obliteration before we wake . (Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)The thyroxine and tri-iodothyronine released by proteolysis and so escaping de-iodination presumably diffuse into the blood_stream . Related terms |
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[ verb ] escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
Examples "She gets away with murder!" "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities" Used in print (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)Nevertheless , with foresight and careful planning , some of the more disruptive and dangerous consequences of social change which have troubled other countries passing_through this stage can be escaped . (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)As_long_as there were two human_beings working together on the same project , there would be competition and you could no_more escape it than you could expect to escape the grave . |
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[ noun ] the act of escaping physically
Synonyms Examples "he made his escape from the mental hospital" "the canary escaped from its cage" "his flight was an indication of his guilt" Used in print (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)A posse is formed and pursues the robbers , who , having made their escape , are whooping_it_up with some wild , wild women in a honky-tonk hide-out . (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)The two men sat for some time , savoring the pleasure of escape from peril and the relief such escape brings , before they got_up and left the hotel , the doctor to go_to the conference_house and Alex to go_to the main post_office . The two men sat for some time , savoring the pleasure of escape from peril and the relief such escape brings , before they got_up and left the hotel , the doctor to go_to the conference_house and Alex to go_to the main post_office . Related terms running_away exodus getaway evasion Underground_Railroad hegira break flee |
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[ verb ] issue or leak, as from a small opening
Examples "Gas escaped into the bedroom" Related terms |
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[ noun ] an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
Synonyms Examples "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life" "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism" Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)How right he was ; how clearly he saw the cultural defection of experimentation as an escape for those who dare not or prefer not to face the discipline of modern traditionalism . (Dell Shannon, The Ace of Spades....)Escape . Related terms |
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[ verb ] be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
Synonyms Examples "What you are seeing in him eludes me" Used in print (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)The doctor , with the air of a man whose professional interests have found scope , drew Alex 's attention to those excellences which might otherwise have escaped him : the fine color in comb and wattles , the length and quality of neck and saddle_hackles , the firm , wide spread of the toes , and a rare justness in the formation of the ear lappets . |
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[ noun ] nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
Examples "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible" "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive" Used in print (Brand Blanshard, "The Emotive Theory," Robert...)This way of escape is theoretically possible , but since it has grave difficulties of its own and has not , so_far_as I know , been urged by positivists , it is perhaps best not to spend time over it . Related terms negligence shirking malingering circumvention escape_mechanism tax_evasion miss hedge |
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[ noun ] a means or way of escaping
Examples "hard work was his escape from worry" "they installed a second hatch as an escape" "their escape route" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (botany) a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
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[ verb ] flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
Examples "If you see this man, run!" "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" |
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[ noun ] 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
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