Dictionary Entry
evade
evade is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument. Face value is 9 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.
5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses
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- 1transitive verb
To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument.
- 2transitive verb
To escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from.
- 3transitive verb
To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
- 4verb
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
"He dodged the issue"
"she skirted the problem"
- 5verb
use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid
"The con man always evades"
- 6verb
escape, either physically or mentally
"The thief eluded the police"
"This difficult idea seems to evade her"
- 7verb
practice evasion
"This man always hesitates and evades"
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