To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.
To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention.
To flee, and become secure from danger; - often followed by from or out of.
To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm.
To get free from that which confines or holds; - used of persons or things; as, to escape from prison, from arrest, or from slavery; gas escapes from the pipes; electricity escapes from its conductors.
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.
That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression.
A sally.
The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.
A plant which has escaped from cultivation.
An apophyge.
Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.
Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation.
A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.
The long basal joint of the antennæ of an insect.
The shaft of a column.
An escape.
Means of escape; evasion.
A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade.
Loose act of vice or lewdness.
To escape.
