Origin of escape
synonym study for escape
7.
Escape,
elude,
evade mean to keep free of something. To
escape is to succeed in keeping away from danger, pursuit, observation, etc.:
to escape punishment. To
elude implies baffling pursuers or slipping through an apparently tight net:
The fox eluded the hounds. To
evade is to turn aside from or go out of reach of a person or thing:
to evade the police. See also
avoid.
OTHER WORDS FROM escape
Words nearby escape
escallop,
escalope,
escambia,
escanaba,
escapade,
escape,
escape artist,
escape beat,
escape clause,
escape hatch,
escape key
Example sentences from the Web for escaped
British Dictionary definitions for escaped
escape
/ (ɪˈskeɪp) /
verb
noun
Derived forms of escape
escapable, adjective escaper, nounWord Origin for escape
C14: from Old Northern French
escaper, from Vulgar Latin
excappāre (unattested) to escape (literally: to remove one's cloak, hence free oneself), from
ex-
1 + Late Latin
cappa cloak
Medical definitions for escaped
escape
[ ĭ-skāp′ ]
n.
A gradual effusion from an enclosure; a leakage.
A cardiological situation in which one pacemaker defaults or an atrioventricular conduction fails, and another pacemaker sets the heart's pace for one or more beats.
Idioms and Phrases with escaped
escape