Dictionary Entry
elude
elude is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow.
- 2verb
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
"He dodged the issue"
"she skirted the problem"
- 3verb
escape, either physically or mentally
"The thief eluded the police"
"This difficult idea seems to evade her"
- 4verb
be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
"What you are seeing in him eludes me"
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