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escape, avoid, evade, elude, shun, eschew mean to get away or keep away from something. escape stresses the fact of getting away or being passed by not necessarily through effort or by conscious intent.
to get free from something such as a prison or cage, or from someone who will not allow you to leave: Two prisoners have escaped. escape from A lion has escaped from its cage. She was kidnapped but escaped her captors. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to forget something. forget I can't believe I've forgotten her birthday!
Meaning of escaped in English. escaped. adjective [ before noun ] uk/ɪˈskeɪpt/us/ɪˈskeɪpt/. Add to word listAdd to word list. having got free: an escaped prisoner. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Freedom to act.
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.
verb. remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion. “We escaped to our summer house for a few days” synonyms: get away. see more. noun. the act of escaping physically. “he made his escape from the mental hospital” “the canary escaped from its cage” synonyms: flight. see more. noun. a means or way of escaping.
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.
Definition of escape verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of escaped. adjective. having escaped, especially from confinement. “searching for two escaped prisoners”. synonyms: at large, loose, on the loose. free. able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint. Pronunciation. US.
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. (usually foll by: from) (of gases, liquids, etc) to issue gradually, as from a crack or fissure; seep; leak: water was escaping from the dam.
to succeed in avoiding (any threatened or possible danger or evil): She escaped capture. to elude (one's memory, notice, search, etc.). to fail to be noticed or recollected by (a person): Her reply escapes me.
