Word Meaning

escape definition and meaning

v. To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.
v. To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention.
v. i. To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of.
v. i. To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm.
v. i. To get free from that which confines or holds; -- used of persons or things; as, to escape from prison, from arrest, or from slavery; gas escapes from the pipes; electricity escapes from its conductors.
n. The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape; also, the means of escape; as, a fire escape.
n. That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression.
n. A sally.
n. The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.
n. An apophyge.
n. Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.
n. Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation.

Crossword clues for escape

- Abscond
- Break free
- Break free from confinement
- Break out following fire
- Diversion (from reality)
- Elusiveness
- Escape
- Flee
- Flight
- Flight provides distraction
- Fly the coop
- Get away
- Get away from
- Getaway
- Jailbreak
- key for dodge
- Key for Dodge?
- Key to prisoners’ breakout
- Kind of clause plotted by restless inmates
- Leak out
- Make a run for it
- Make getaway
- One fleeing
- Run off after a fire