Definition of escape

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Escape (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..

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Save :: Save (a.) To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.
Astert :: Astert (v. i.) To escape.
Femerell :: Femerell (n.) A lantern, or louver covering, placed on a roof, for ventilation or escape of smoke..
Double :: Double (n.) A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice..
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..
Season :: Season (v. i.) To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance; as, timber seasons in the sun..
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..
Escape :: Escape (n.) Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid..
Escape :: Escape (n.) A sally.
Escape :: Escape (v. i.) To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of..
Safety :: Safety (n.) Preservation from escape; close custody.
Falsify :: Falsify (a.) To baffle or escape; as, to falsify a blow..
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.) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody..
Avoider :: Avoider (n.) One who avoids, shuns, or escapes..
Sleight :: Sleight (n.) An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
Scape :: Scape (n.) Means of escape; evasion.
Beleaguer :: Beleaguer (v. t.) To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.
Oversight :: Oversight (n.) Escape from an overlooked peril.
Hairbreadth :: Hairbreadth (a.) Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape..
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