| escaped | | |
| adj. | 1. at large, escaped, loose, on the loose | having escaped, especially from confinement.; "a convict still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners"; "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood" |
| ~ free | able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint.; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice" |
| escape | | |
| n. (act) | 1. escape, flight | the act of escaping physically.; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt" |
| ~ running away | the act of leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to be. |
| ~ evasion | the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver. |
| ~ breakout, gaolbreak, jailbreak, prison-breaking, prisonbreak, break | an escape from jail.; "the breakout was carefully planned" |
| ~ lam, getaway | a rapid escape (as by criminals).; "the thieves made a clean getaway"; "after the expose he had to take it on the lam" |
| ~ exodus, hegira, hejira | a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment. |
| ~ hegira, hejira | the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era; the Muslim calendar begins in that year. |
| ~ skedaddle | a hasty flight. |
| ~ underground railroad, underground railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War. |
| n. (act) | 2. escape, escapism | an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy.; "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"; "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism" |
| ~ diversion, recreation | an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates.; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" |
| n. (act) | 3. dodging, escape, evasion | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do.; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive" |
| ~ negligence, nonperformance, carelessness, neglect | failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances. |
| ~ escape mechanism | a form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities. |
| ~ malingering, skulking | evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated.; "they developed a test to detect malingering" |
| ~ goldbricking, goofing off, shirking, slacking, soldiering | the evasion of work or duty. |
| ~ circumvention | the act of evading by going around. |
| n. (act) | 4. escape | an avoidance of danger or difficulty.; "that was a narrow escape" |
| ~ avoidance, shunning, turning away, dodging | deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening. |
| n. (act) | 5. escape | a means or way of escaping.; "hard work was his escape from worry"; "they installed a second hatch as an escape"; "their escape route" |
| ~ means, way, agency | how a result is obtained or an end is achieved.; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success" |
| n. (plant) | 6. escape | a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild. |
| ~ plant life, flora, plant | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion. |
| n. (event) | 7. escape, leak, leakage, outflow | the discharge of a fluid from some container.; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak" |
| ~ outpouring, discharge, run | the pouring forth of a fluid. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. escape, escape cock, escape valve, relief valve, safety valve | a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level. |
| ~ regulator | any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.. |
| ~ valve | control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid. |
| v. (motion) | 9. break loose, escape, get away | run away from confinement.; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison" |
| ~ break away, break out, break | move away or escape suddenly.; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security" |
| ~ escape from, shake off, throw off, shake | get rid of.; "I couldn't shake the car that was following me" |
| ~ elude, evade, bilk | escape, either physically or mentally.; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation" |
| ~ flee, take flight, fly | run away quickly.; "He threw down his gun and fled" |
| ~ slip | move smoothly and easily.; "the bolt slipped into place"; "water slipped from the polished marble" |
| ~ run away | escape from the control of.; "Industry is running away with us all" |
| ~ get away, escape | remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion.; "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer" |
| v. (communication) | 10. escape, miss | fail to experience.; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane" |
| ~ avoid | stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something.; "Her former friends now avoid her" |
| v. (communication) | 11. escape, get away, get by, get off, get out | escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action.; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities" |
| ~ evade | use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid.; "The con man always evades" |
| ~ avoid | stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something.; "Her former friends now avoid her" |
| v. (stative) | 12. elude, escape | be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by.; "What you are seeing in him eludes me" |
| ~ baffle, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, amaze, stupefy, gravel, vex, pose, stick, beat, get | be a mystery or bewildering to.; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" |
| ~ resist, defy, refuse | elude, especially in a baffling way.; "This behavior defies explanation" |
| v. (social) | 13. escape, get away | remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion.; "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer" |
| ~ escape, get away, break loose | run away from confinement.; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison" |
| v. (motion) | 14. break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail | flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" |
| ~ go forth, leave, go away | go away from a place.; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" |
| ~ flee, take flight, fly | run away quickly.; "He threw down his gun and fled" |
| ~ skedaddle | run away, as if in a panic. |
| v. (change) | 15. escape | issue or leak, as from a small opening.; "Gas escaped into the bedroom" |
| ~ come forth, egress, emerge, go forth, come out, issue | come out of.; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves" |
Recent comments
3 hours 14 min ago
4 weeks 1 day ago
5 weeks 4 days ago
20 weeks 6 days ago
20 weeks 6 days ago
20 weeks 6 days ago
21 weeks 4 days ago
25 weeks 5 days ago
26 weeks 4 days ago
27 weeks 3 days ago