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adjective
- 1. having broken free from confinement or control: "escaped convicts"
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1. a. : to get away (as by flight) escaped from prison. b. : to issue from confinement. gas is escaping. c. of a plant : to run wild from cultivation. 2. : to avoid a threatening evil. the boat sank but the crew escaped. transitive verb.
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!
adjective [ before noun ] uk / ɪˈskeɪpt / us / ɪˈskeɪpt / Add to word list. having got free: an escaped prisoner. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Freedom to act. (as) free as a bird idiom. agency. at will idiom. autonomist. autonomous. free hand. free pass. free rein idiom. free spirit. free-spirited. non-autonomous. non-didactic.
verb (used with object) , es·caped, es·cap·ing. to slip away from or elude (pursuers, captors, etc.): He escaped the police. Synonyms: avoid, flee, dodge. to succeed in avoiding (any threatened or possible danger or evil): She escaped capture. to elude (one's memory, notice, search, etc.).
n. 1. The act or an instance of escaping. 2. A means of escaping. 3. A means of obtaining temporary freedom from worry, care, or unpleasantness: Television is my escape from worry. 4. A gradual effusion from an enclosure; a leakage. 5. Biology A cultivated plant or a domesticated or confined animal that has become established in the wild. 6.
Definitions of escape. verb. run away from confinement. “The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison” synonyms: break loose, get away. see more. verb. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run. “The burglars escaped before the police showed up”
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.
adjective. having broken free from confinement. Officers mistook Stephen for an escaped prisoner. the son of an escaped slave. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'escaped' in a sentence. escaped.
13 meanings: 1. to get away or break free from (confinements, captors, etc) 2. to manage to avoid (imminent danger, punishment,.... Click for more definitions.
