Definition of flee

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Flee (v. i.) To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive..

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Shorling :: Shorling (n.) The skin of a sheen after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from the dead sheep; also, a sheep of the first year's shearing..
Flout :: Flout (v. i.) To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at.
Athwart :: Athwart (prep.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course..
Commodore :: Commodore (n.) A captain commanding a squadron, or a division of a fleet, or having the temporary rank of rear admiral..
Transient :: Transient (a.) Passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent; not lasting or durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure..
Fugitive :: Fugitive (n.) One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice..
Fly :: Fly (v. t.) To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid.
Station :: Station (n.) A place or region to which a government ship or fleet is assigned for duty.
Lap :: Lap (n.) To lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working..
Argo :: Argo (n.) The name of the ship which carried Jason and his fifty-four companions to Colchis, in quest of the Golden Fleece..
Pigeon :: Pigeon (v. t.) To pluck; to fleece; to swindle by tricks in gambling.
Wing-footed :: Wing-footed (a.) Having wings attached to the feet; as, wing-footed Mercury; hence, swift; moving with rapidity; fleet..
Shaver :: Shaver (n.) One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
Fleecing :: Fleecing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fleec.
Van :: Van (n.) The front of an army; the first line or leading column; also, the front line or foremost division of a fleet, either in sailing or in battle..
Fleet :: Fleet (v. t.) To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf..
Position :: Position (n.) The spot where a person or thing is placed or takes a place; site; place; station; situation; as, the position of man in creation; the fleet changed its position..
Fleece :: Fleece (v. t.) To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions..
Flotilla :: Flotilla (n.) A little fleet, or a fleet of small vessels..
Escape :: Escape (v.) To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger..
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