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–verb (used without object)

1.	to slip or get away, as from confinement or restraint; gain or regain liberty: to escape from jail.

2.	to slip away from pursuit or peril; avoid capture, punishment, or any threatened evil.

3.	to issue from a confining enclosure, as a fluid.

4.	to slip away; fade: The words escaped from memory.

5.	Botany. (of an originally cultivated plant) to grow wild.

6.	(of a rocket, molecule, etc.) to achieve escape velocity.

–verb (used with object)

7.	to slip away from or elude (pursuers, captors, etc.): He escaped the police.

8.	to succeed in avoiding (any threatened or possible danger or evil): She escaped capture.

9.	to elude (one's memory, notice, search, etc.).

10.	to fail to be noticed or recollected by (a person): Her reply escapes me.

11.	(of a sound or utterance) to slip from or be expressed by (a person, one's lips, etc.) inadvertently.

–noun

12.	an act or instance of escaping.

13.	the fact of having escaped.

14.	a means of escaping: We used the tunnel as an escape.

15.	avoidance of reality: She reads mystery stories as an escape.

16.	leakage, as of water or gas, from a pipe or storage container.

17.	Botany. a plant that originated in cultivated stock and is now growing wild.

18.	Physics, Rocketry. the act of achieving escape velocity.

19.	Computers. a key (frequently labeled ESC) found on microcomputer keyboards and used for any of various functions, as to interrupt a command or move from one part of a program to another.

–adjective

20.	for or providing an escape: an escape route.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME escapen, ascapen < ONF escaper (F échapper) < VL *excappāre, v. deriv. (with ex- ex-¹) of LL cappa hooded cloak (see cap¹)

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—Related forms

es·cap·a·ble, adjective

es·cape·less, adjective

es·cap·er, noun

es·cap·ing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. flee, abscond, decamp. 7. dodge, flee, avoid. Escape, elude, evade mean to keep free of something. To escape is to succeed in keeping away from danger, pursuit, observation, etc.: to escape punishment. To elude implies baffling pursuers or slipping through an apparently tight net: The fox eluded the hounds. To evade is to turn aside from or go out of reach of a person or thing: to evade the police. See also avoid. 12. flight.

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es·cape Audio Help   (ĭ-skāp') Pronunciation Key
v.   es·caped, es·cap·ing, es·capes

v.   intr.

To break loose from confinement; get free: escape from jail.
To issue from confinement or an enclosure; leak or seep out: Gas was escaping from the vent.
To avoid a serious or unwanted outcome: escaped from the accident with their lives.
Botany To become established in the wild. Used of a cultivated species.
Computer Science To interrupt a command, exit a program, or change levels within a program by using a key, combination of keys, or key sequence.

v. tr.

To succeed in avoiding: The thief escaped punishment.
To break loose from; get free of: The spacecraft escaped Earth's gravitational field.
To elude the memory or comprehension of: Her name escapes me. The book's significance escaped him.
To issue involuntarily from: A sigh escaped my lips.

The act or an instance of escaping.
A means of escaping.
A means of obtaining temporary freedom from worry, care, or unpleasantness: Television is my escape from worry.
A gradual effusion from an enclosure; a leakage.
Botany A plant that has become established away from the area of cultivation.
Computer Science A key, combination of keys, or key sequence, used especially to interrupt a command, exit a program, or change levels within a program.

[Middle English escapen, from Old North French escaper, from Vulgar Latin *excappāre, to get out of one's cape, get away : Latin ex-, ex- + Medieval Latin cappa, cloak.]

es·cap'a·ble adj., es·cap'er n.

Synonyms: These verbs mean to get or stay away from persons or things. Escape can mean to get free or to remain untouched or unaffected by something unwanted: "Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided" (Ulysses S. Grant).
Avoid always involves an effort to keep away from what is considered to be a source of danger or difficulty: avoiding strenuous exercise.
Shun refers to deliberately keeping clear of what is unwelcome or undesirable: "Family friends ... she shunned like the plague" (John Galsworthy).
Eschew involves staying clear of something because to do otherwise would be unwise or morally wrong: "Eschew evil, and do good" (Book of Common Prayer).
Evade implies adroit maneuvering and sometimes implies dishonesty or irresponsibility: tried to evade jury duty.
To elude is to get away from artfully: eluded their pursuers.

Usage Note: Traditionally, escape is used with from when it means "break loose" and with a direct object when it means "avoid." Thus we might say The forger escaped from prison by hiding in a laundry truck, but The forger escaped prison when he turned in his accomplices in order to get a suspended sentence. In recent years, however, escape has been used with a direct object in the sense "break free of": The spacecraft will acquire sufficient velocity to escape the sun's gravitational attraction. This usage is well established and should be regarded as standard.

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escaped
adjective
having escaped, especially from confinement; "a convict still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners"; "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood" [syn: at large]