To escape is to break free, to get out of a situation you don’t want to be in. It’s also a noun, as in an escape from a dull party that might involve a ladder and an upstairs window.
To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from;
Noun
the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt"
Noun
a means or way of escaping; "hard work was his escape from worry"; "they installed a second hatch as an escape"; "their escape route"
Noun
an avoidance of danger or difficulty; "that was a narrow escape"
Noun
an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy; "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"; "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism"
Noun
nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"
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
Noun
the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"
Noun
a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
Verb
issue or leak, as from a small opening; "Gas escaped into the bedroom"
Verb
fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
Verb
escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn''t get out from under these responsibilities"
Verb
run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"
Verb
flee; take to one''s heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
Verb
remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion; "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer"
Verb
be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"
v.
To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to
shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.
v.
To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade;
as, the fact escaped our attention.
v. i.
To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often
followed by from or out of.
v. i.
To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be
passed without harm.
v. i.
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.
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.
n.
That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an
oversight; also, transgression.
n.
A sally.
n.
The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of
a prisoner's departure from custody.
n.
An apophyge.
n.
Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.
n.
Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires,
caused by defective insulation.
Escape
They escaped the search of the enemy.
Escape
Haste, for thy life escape, nor look behind2.
Such heretics . . . would have been thought fortunate, if they escaped with life.3.
To escape out of these meshes.
Escape
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm.2.
I should have been more accurate, and corrected all those former escapes.3.
To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from;
To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of.
The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight;
Usage Examples
Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives.
Escape from the architecture ghetto is one of the major drivers and has been from the very beginning.
Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.
An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An atheist believes that deed must be done instead of prayer said. An atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanished, war eliminated.
Death was like love, a romantic escape.
A man whose life has been dishonourable is not entitled to escape disgrace in death.
A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.
Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a fool by it, may consider himself as having had a very narrow escape.
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Other Usage ExamplesComedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair a narrow escape into faith.
A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.
Also, when you escape a Communist regime, you treasure liberty and you understand that as government and state expand, liberty must contract.
Even top caliber hospitals cannot escape medical mistakes that sometimes result in irreparable damage to patients.
Cinema in India is like brushing your teeth in the morning. You can't escape it.
Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.
Art and Religion are, then, two roads by which men escape from circumstance to ecstasy. Between aesthetic and religious rapture there is a family alliance. Art and Religion are means to similar states of mind.
As a kid I quite fancied the romantic, Bohemian idea of being an artist. I expect I thought I could escape from the difficulties of maths and spelling. Maybe I thought I would avoid the judgement of the establishment.
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