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The definition of escape
13 Definitions of: escape
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- verb, to get away or break free from (confinements, captors, etc)
- verb, to manage to avoid (imminent danger, punishment, evil, etc)
- verb, (of gases, liquids, etc) to issue gradually, as from a crack or fissure; seep; leak
- verb, to elude; be forgotten by
- verb, to be articulated inadvertently or involuntarily
- verb, (of cultivated plants) to grow wild
- noun, the act of escaping or state of having escaped
- noun, avoidance of injury, harm, etc
- noun, a) a means or way of escape b) (as modifier)
- noun, a means of distraction or relief, esp from reality or boredom
- noun, a gradual outflow; leakage; seepage
- noun, Also called: escape valve, escape cock a valve that releases air, steam, etc, above a certain pressure; relief valve or safety valve
- noun, a plant that was originally cultivated but is now growing wild
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| Synonyms: | miss, break, flight, bolt, decamp, avoidance, evasion, circumvent, relaxation, relief | And more... |
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