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| Sounds | ihskey'p |
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| Rhymes | agape, ape, audiotape, and 16 more rhymes in eyp at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | The act of escaping physically. |
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| Examples | "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage" |
| Synonyms | flight |
| Narrower | evasion; break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking; getaway, lam; exodus, hegira, hejira; Hegira, Hejira; Underground Railroad, Underground Railway |
| Broader | running away |
| Verbs | escape |
| Meaning | An inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy. |
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| Examples | "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life" |
| Synonyms | escapism |
| Broader | diversion, recreation |
| Meaning | The unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container. |
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| Examples | "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe" |
| Synonyms | leak, leakage, outflow |
| Broader | discharge, outpouring, run |
| Verbs | escape |
| Meaning | 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. |
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| Synonyms | safety valve, relief valve, escape valve, escape cock |
| Broader | regulator; valve |
| Meaning | Nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do. |
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| Examples | "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive" |
| Synonyms | evasion, dodging |
| Narrower | escape mechanism; malingering, skulking; shirking, slacking, soldiering, goofing off, goldbricking; circumvention |
| Broader | negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance |
| Verbs | escape; escape; escape |
| Meaning | An avoidance of danger or difficulty. |
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| Examples | "that was a narrow escape" |
| Broader | avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodging |
| Verbs | escape |
| Meaning | A means or way of escaping. |
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| Examples | "hard work was his escape from worry"; "they installed a second hatch as an escape"; "their escape route" |
| Broader | means, agency, way |
| Verbs | escape |
| Meaning | A plant originally cultivated but now growing wild. |
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| Broader | plant, flora, plant life |
| Meaning | Run away from confinement. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison" |
| Synonyms | get away, break loose |
| Narrower | break, break out, break away; shake, shake off, throw off, escape from; elude, evade, bilk; slip; run away; escape, get away |
| Broader | flee, fly, take flight |
| Nouns | escape; escape; escapee |
| Meaning | Fail to experience. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | miss |
| Broader | avoid |
| Nouns | escape; escape |
| Meaning | Escape potentially unpleasant consequences. Get away with a forbidden action. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Synonyms | get off, get away, get by, get out |
| Narrower | evade |
| Broader | avoid |
| Nouns | escape |
| Meaning | Be incomprehensible to. Escape understanding by. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
| Model | The performance is likely to escape Sue |
| Synonyms | elude |
| Narrower | defy, resist, refuse |
| Broader | perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound |
| Meaning | Issue or leak, as from a small opening. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
| Examples | "Gas escaped into the bedroom" |
| Broader | issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress |
| Nouns | escape |
| Meaning | Remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "We escaped to our summer house for a few days" |
| Synonyms | get away |
| Broader | escape, get away, break loose |
| Nouns | escape; escapist |
| Meaning | Flee. Take to one's heels. Cut and run. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" |
| Synonyms | run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, fly the coop, break away |
| Narrower | flee, fly, take flight; skedaddle |
| Broader | leave, go forth, go away |