Sekirov Dictionary

escape

/ɪˈskeɪp/

verb 11
noun 12
forms 7
phrases 1

verb11

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to get free after being held, locked in or trapped somewhere
- The prisoners escaped by jumping over a wall.
- The factory was evacuated after toxic gases escaped from a pipe.
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To break out of confinement.
- The prisoners escaped their cell.
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To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
- He only got a fine and so escaped going to jail.
- The children climbed out of the window to escape the fire.
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To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.
- Luckily, I escaped with only a fine.
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To be forgotten by.
- I used to know the name of the capital of France, but it escapes me now.
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To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by.
- The name of the hotel escapes me at present.
- The detective examined the crime scene, but one clue escaped his notice.
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To avoid responsibilities and stresses for a time.
- Work was stressful, and I needed to escape.
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To express, especially involuntarily.
- I tried to look disappointed, but a smile escaped me.
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To cause (a single character, or all such characters in a string) to be interpreted literally, instead of with any special meaning it would usually have in the same context, often by prefixing with another character.
- When using the "bash" shell, you can escape the ampersand character with a backslash.
- Brion escaped the double quote character on Windows by adding a second double quote within the literal.
To halt a program or command by pressing a key (such as the "Esc" key) or combination of keys.
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To grow wild, instead of in a cultivated area.
- You have to be careful planting mint, or it will escape and take over your yard.

noun12

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The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
- The prisoners made their escape by digging a tunnel.
A holiday, viewed as time away from the vicissitudes of life.
escape key
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Something that has escaped; an escapee.
- But what about the flocks of Waxbills? Are they escapes gone feral, or are they spreading from Africa? — 2000
A defective product that is allowed to leave a manufacturing facility.
A cultivated plant found growing as though wild, dispersed by some agency.
Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation.
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The text character represented by 27 (decimal) or 1B (hexadecimal).
- You forgot to insert an escape in the datastream.
A successful shot from a snooker position.
An apophyge.
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(no longer used) That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake, oversight, or transgression.
- I should have been more accurate, corrected all those former escapes. — 1624
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(no longer used) A sally.
- thousand escapes of wit — 1603

forms

escap't · escaped · escapedst · escaping · escapes · escapeth · escapest

Phrases with escape

escape fire
A fuel-free safe spot, consisting of burning grass as a method of defense against a forest fire.

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