elapse

elapse is a 6-letter English word with 2 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time.
2. verb. pass by

   "three years elapsed"

   Synonyms: lapse, pass

Synonyms

lapse, pass

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in elapse:

asleep, please, sapele

Common word forms

elapsed, elapses, elapsing

Words from these letters

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