Definition of escape

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Escape (v. i.) To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of..

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Overflow :: Overflow (n.) An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.
Slip :: Slip (n.) An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip..
Evade :: Evade (v. t.) To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument..
Shun :: Shun (v. t.) To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice..
Chance :: Chance (n.) A possibility; a likelihood; an opportunity; -- with reference to a doubtful result; as, a chance to escape; a chance for life; the chances are all against him..
Regain :: Regain (v. t.) To gain anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach again..
Remontoir :: Remontoir (n.) See under Escapement.
Scape :: Scape (v. t. & i.) To escape.
Scapegoat :: Scapegoat (n.) A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness..
Condenser :: Condenser (n.) An instrument for condensing air or other elastic fluids, consisting of a cylinder having a movable piston to force the air into a receiver, and a valve to prevent its escape..
Leak :: Leak (v.) A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe..
Astert :: Astert (v. t.) To start up; to befall; to escape; to shun.
Bushranger :: Bushranger (n.) One who roams, or hides, among the bushes; especially, in Australia, an escaped criminal living in the bush..
Oversight :: Oversight (n.) Escape from an overlooked peril.
Vent :: Vent (n.) Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
Avolate :: Avolate (v. i.) To fly away; to escape; to exhale.
Scape-wheel :: Scape-wheel (n.) The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play.
Scape :: Scape (n.) Means of escape; evasion.
Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape..
Escape :: Escape (v.) To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention..
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