Escapade :: Escapade (n.) The fling of a horse, or ordinary kicking back of his heels; a gambol..
Escapade :: Escapade (n.) Act by which one breaks loose from the rules of propriety or good sense; a freak; a prank.
Escape :: Escape (v.) To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger..
Escape :: Escape (v.) To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention..
Escape :: Escape (v. i.) To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of..
Escape :: Escape (v. i.) To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm.
Escape :: Escape (v. i.) 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..
Escape :: Escape (n.) 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..
Escape :: Escape (n.) That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression..
Escapement :: Escapement (n.) The contrivance in a timepiece which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration..