es·cape

[ih-skeyp] verb, es·caped, es·cap·ing, noun, adjective
verb (used without object)
1.
to slip or get away, as from confinement or restraint; gain or regain liberty: to escape from jail. Synonyms: flee, abscond, decamp.
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. Synonyms: dodge, flee, avoid.
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.
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noun
12.
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
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.
( usually initial capital letter ) Computers. Escape key.
adjective
20.
for or providing an escape: an escape route.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English escapen, ascapen < Old North French escaper (French échapper) < Vulgar Latin *excappāre, verbal derivative (with ex- ex-1) of Late Latin cappa hooded cloak (see cap1)

Related forms
es·cap·a·ble, adjective
es·cape·less, adjective
es·cap·er, noun
es·cap·ing·ly, adverb
pre·es·cape, noun, verb (used without object), pre·es·caped, pre·es·cap·ing.
self-es·cape, noun
un·es·cap·a·ble, adjective
un·es·cap·a·b·ly, adverb
un·es·caped, adjective

Synonym Study
7. 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.
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escape (ɪˈskeɪp) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—vb (usually foll by from)
1.  to get away or break free from (confinements, captors, etc): the lion escaped from the zoo
2.  to manage to avoid (imminent danger, punishment, evil, etc): to escape death
3.  (of gases, liquids, etc) to issue gradually, as from a crack or fissure; seep; leak: water was escaping from the dam
4.  (tr) to elude; be forgotten by: the actual figure escapes me
5.  (tr) to be articulated inadvertently or involuntarily: a roar escaped his lips
6.  (intr) (of cultivated plants) to grow wild
 
—n
7.  the act of escaping or state of having escaped
8.  avoidance of injury, harm, etc: a narrow escape
9.  a.  a means or way of escape
 b.  (as modifier): an escape route
10.  a means of distraction or relief, esp from reality or boredom: angling provides an escape for many city dwellers
11.  a gradual outflow; leakage; seepage
12.  escape valve, Also called: escape cock a valve that releases air, steam, etc, above a certain pressure; relief valve or safety valve
13.  a plant that was originally cultivated but is now growing wild
 
[C14: from Old Northern French escaper, from Vulgar Latin excappāre (unattested) to escape (literally: to remove one's cloak, hence free oneself), from ex-1 + Late Latin cappa cloak]
 
es'capable
 
—adj
 
es'caper
 
—n

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Word Origin & History

escape
c.1300, from O.N.Fr. escaper, from O.Fr. eschaper, from V.L. *excappare, lit. "get out of one's cape, leave a pursuer with just one's cape," from L. ex- "out of" + L.L. cappa "mantle." Related: Escaped; escaping. Escapee first attested 1875. Escape clause in the legal sense first recorded 1945.
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Medical Dictionary

escape es·cape (ĭ-skāp')
n.

  1. A gradual effusion from an enclosure; a leakage.

  2. A cardiological situation in which one pacemaker defaults or an atrioventricular conduction fails, and another pacemaker sets the heart's pace for one or more beats.

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FOLDOC
Computing Dictionary

ESCAPE definition

language
An early system on the IBM 650.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
(1995-01-05)

escape definition

character
(ESC) ASCII character 27.
When sent by the user, escape is often used to abort execution or data entry. When sent by the computer it often starts an escape sequence.
(1997-11-27)

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Idioms & Phrases

escape

In addition to the idiom beginning with escape, also see narrow escape.

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Example sentences
Almost simultaneously, two speed boats were observed breaking off to escape.
Many more changed their names, clothing and other giveaway features of their ancestry to escape persecution.
Only they, who cannot escape their uniforms, are not given the privilege to lie about their nation of origin.
The reactor also lacks a back-up mechanism to stop it overheating and exploding should the helium coolant escape.
Idioms & Phrases
escape
narrow escape
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