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English noun: escape | |||
| 1. | escape (act) the act of escaping physically | ||
| Samples | He made his escape from the mental hospital. The canary escaped from its cage. His flight was an indication of his guilt. | ||
| Synonyms | flight | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | running away | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | break, breakout, evasion, exodus, gaolbreak, getaway, hegira, hejira, jailbreak, lam, prison-breaking, prisonbreak, skedaddle | ||
| Instance hyponym | Hegira, Hejira, Underground Railroad, Underground Railway | ||
| 2. | escape (act) an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy | ||
| Samples | Romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life. His alcohol problem was a form of escapism. | ||
| Synonyms | escapism | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | diversion, recreation | ||
| 3. | escape (act) nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | ||
| Samples | His evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible. That escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive. | ||
| Synonyms | dodging, evasion | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | carelessness, neglect, negligence, nonperformance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | circumvention, escape mechanism, goldbricking, goofing off, malingering, shirking, skulking, slacking, soldiering | ||
| 4. | escape (act) an avoidance of danger or difficulty | ||
| Samples | That was a narrow escape. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | avoidance, dodging, shunning, turning away | ||
| 5. | escape (act) a means or way of escaping | ||
| Samples | Hard work was his escape from worry. They installed a second hatch as an escape. Their escape route. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | agency, means, way | ||
| 6. | escape (plant) a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flora, plant, plant life | ||
| 7. | escape (event) the discharge of a fluid from some container | ||
| Samples | They tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe. He had to clean up the leak. | ||
| Synonyms | leak, leakage, outflow | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | discharge, outpouring, run | ||
| 8. | escape (artifact) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | escape cock, escape valve, relief valve, safety valve | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | regulator, valve | ||
English verb: escape | |||
| 1. | escape (motion) run away from confinement | ||
| Samples | The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison. | ||
| Synonyms | break loose, get away | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flee, fly, take flight | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bilk, break, break away, break out, elude, escape, escape from, evade, get away, run away, shake, shake off, slip, throw off | ||
| 2. | escape (communication) fail to experience | ||
| Samples | Fortunately, I missed the hurricane. | ||
| Synonyms | miss | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | avoid | ||
| 3. | escape (communication) escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action | ||
| Samples | She gets away with murder!. I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities. | ||
| Synonyms | get away, get by, get off, get out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | avoid | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | evade | ||
| 4. | escape (stative) be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by | ||
| Samples | What you are seeing in him eludes me. | ||
| Examples | The performance is likely to escape Sue | ||
| Synonyms | elude | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | defy, refuse, resist | ||
| 5. | escape (social) remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion | ||
| Samples | We escaped to our summer house for a few days. The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer. | ||
| Synonyms | get away | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | break loose, escape, get away | ||
| 6. | escape (motion) flee; take to one's heels; cut and run | ||
| Samples | If you see this man, run!. The burglars escaped before the police showed up. | ||
| Synonyms | break away, bunk, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go away, go forth, leave | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | flee, fly, skedaddle, take flight | ||
| 7. | escape (change) issue or leak, as from a small opening | ||
| Samples | Gas escaped into the bedroom. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | come forth, come out, egress, emerge, go forth, issue | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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