noun escape An act of breaking free from confinement or control. 1
intransitive verb escape get away 1
transitive verb escape get away from 1
abbreviation ESCAPE elude 1
noun escape breakout 1
abbreviation ESCAPE evasion 1
noun escape means of escape 1
noun escape leakage 1
intransitive verb escape avoid capture 1
intransitive verb escape leak 1
noun Technical meaning of escape (language) An early system on the IBM 650. 1
intransitive verb escape memory: fade 1
transitive verb escape forget 1
transitive verb escape inadvertently slip 1
noun Technical meaning of escape (character) (ESC) ASCII character 27. When sent by the user, escape is often used to abort execution or data entry. When sent by the computer it often starts an escape sequence. 1
verb escape If you escape from a place, you succeed in getting away from it. 0
countable noun escape Someone's escape is the act of escaping from a particular place or situation. 0
verb escape You can say that you escape when you survive something such as an accident. 0
verb escape Escape is also a noun. 0
countable noun escape If something is an escape, it is a way of avoiding difficulties or responsibilities. 0
adjective escape You can use escape to describe things which allow you to avoid difficulties or problems. For example, an escape route is an activity or opportunity that lets you improve your situation. An escape clause is part of an agreement that allows you to avoid having to do something that you do not want to do. 0
verb escape If something escapes you or escapes your attention, you do not know about it, do not remember it, or do not notice it. 0
verb escape When gas, liquid, or heat escapes, it comes out from a pipe, container, or place. 0
verb escape to get away or break free from (confinements, captors, etc) 0
verb escape to manage to avoid (imminent danger, punishment, evil, etc) 0
verb escape (of gases, liquids, etc) to issue gradually, as from a crack or fissure; seep; leak 0
verb escape to elude; be forgotten by 0
verb escape to be articulated inadvertently or involuntarily 0
verb escape (of cultivated plants) to grow wild 0
noun escape the act of escaping or state of having escaped 0
noun escape avoidance of injury, harm, etc 0
noun escape a means or way of escape 0
noun escape (as modifier) 0
noun escape a means of distraction or relief, esp from reality or boredom 0
noun escape a gradual outflow; leakage; seepage 0
noun escape a valve that releases air, steam, etc, above a certain pressure; relief valve or safety valve 0
noun escape a plant that was originally cultivated but is now growing wild 0
intransitive verb escape to get free; get away; get out; break loose, as from a prison 0
intransitive verb escape to avoid an illness, accident, pain, etc. 0
intransitive verb escape to flow, drain, or leak away 0
intransitive verb escape to slip away; disappear 0
intransitive verb escape to grow wild, as a plant from a condition of cultivation 0
verb transitive escape to get away from; flee from 0
verb transitive escape to manage to keep away from; avoid 0
verb transitive escape to come from involuntarily or unintentionally 0
verb transitive escape to slip away from; be missed, unperceived, or forgotten by 0
noun escape an act or instance or escaping 0
noun escape the state of having escaped 0
noun escape an outward flow or leakage 0
noun escape a temporary mental release from reality 0
