Dictionary Entry
escape
escape is a 6-letter English word with 27 senses as verb, intransitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 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 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 27 senses
Definitions
- 1verb
To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.
- 2verb
To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention.
- 3intransitive verb
To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of.
- 4intransitive verb
To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm.
- 5intransitive verb
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.
- 6noun
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.
- 7noun
That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression.
- 8noun
A sally.
- 9noun
The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.
- 10noun
An apophyge.
- 11noun
Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.
- 12noun
Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation.
- 13noun
the act of escaping physically
"he made his escape from the mental hospital"
"the canary escaped from its cage"
Synonyms
- 14noun
a means or way of escaping
"hard work was his escape from worry"
"they installed a second hatch as an escape"
- 15noun
an avoidance of danger or difficulty
"that was a narrow escape"
- 16noun
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"
Synonyms
- 17noun
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"
- 18noun
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
- 19noun
the 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"
- 20noun
a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
- 21verb
issue or leak, as from a small opening
"Gas escaped into the bedroom"
- 22verb
fail to experience
"Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
Synonyms
- 23verb
escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
"She gets away with murder!"
"I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"
- 24verb
run away from confinement
"The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"
- 25verb
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
"If you see this man, run!"
"The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
- 26verb
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"
- 27verb
be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
"What you are seeing in him eludes me"
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