escape

What does escape mean?

• verb

  remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion

• noun

  the act of escaping physically

• verb

  escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action

• noun

  a means or way of escaping

• noun

  an avoidance of danger or difficulty

• noun

  a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild

• verb

  issue or leak, as from a small opening

• noun

  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

• verb

  be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by

• noun

  nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do

• verb

  fail to experience

• noun

  the discharge of a fluid from some container

• verb

  flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

• verb

  run away from confinement

• noun

  an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy

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