Definition of escape

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Escape (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..

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Outloose :: Outloose (n.) A loosing from; an escape; an outlet; an evasion.
Surrender :: Surrender (v. i.) To give up one's self into the power of another; to yield; as, the enemy, seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the first summons..
Hermetical :: Hermetical (a.) Made perfectly close or air-tight by fusion, so that no gas or spirit can enter or escape; as, an hermetic seal. See Note under Hermetically..
Loophole :: Loophole (n.) A hole or aperture that gives a passage, or the means of escape or evasion..
Theftbote :: Theftbote (n.) The receiving of a man's goods again from a thief, or a compensation for them, by way of composition, with the intent that the thief shall escape punishment..
Scapegallows :: Scapegallows (n.) One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes.
Fucoid :: Fucoid (a.) Properly, belonging to an order of alga: (Fucoideae) which are blackish in color, and produce oospores which are not fertilized until they have escaped from the conceptacle. The common rockweeds and the gulfweed (Sargassum) are fucoid in character..
Slip :: Slip (n.) An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip..
Release :: Release (n.) The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape.
Escape :: Escape (n.) A sally.
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.
Astert :: Astert (v. t.) To start up; to befall; to escape; to shun.
Outdream :: Outdream (v. t.) To pass, or escape, while dreaming..
Vent :: Vent (n.) Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
Safety :: Safety (n.) Preservation from escape; close custody.
Squat :: Squat (v. t.) To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit..
Thrombus :: Thrombus (n.) A tumor produced by the escape of blood into the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
Bloodhound :: Bloodhound (n.) A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff..
Escape :: Escape (n.) That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression..
Grasshopper :: Grasshopper (n.) In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key; -- called also the hopper..
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