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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Crimp :: Crimp (n.) A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.
Fugitive :: Fugitive (n.) One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice..
Escape :: 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..
Flear :: Flear (v. t. & i.) See Fleer.
Runaway :: Runaway (n.) One who, or that which, flees from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; a fugitive..
Fleering :: Fleering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flee.
Indicative :: Indicative (a.) Suggestive; representing the whole by a part, as a fleet by a ship, a forest by a tree, etc..
Fleet :: Fleet (v. t.) To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy..
Becalm :: Becalm (v. t.) To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed..
Commodore :: Commodore (n.) A familiar for the flagship, or for the principal vessel of a squadron or fleet..
Evanescent :: Evanescent (a.) Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys..
Fleet :: Fleet (n. & a.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
Fugitive :: Fugitive (a.) Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor..
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. i.) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc..
Woolly :: Woolly (a.) Consisting of wool; as, a woolly covering; a woolly fleece..
Fly :: Fly (v. t.) To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid.
Deerhound :: Deerhound (n.) One of a large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting deer; a staghound.
Fleecer :: Fleecer (n.) One who fleeces or strips unjustly, especially by trickery or fraund..
Division :: Division (n.) One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.
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