Definition of escape

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Escape (v. i.) To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of..

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So :: So (adv.) In such manner; to such degree; -- used correlatively with as or that following; as, he was so fortunate as to escape..
Surrender :: Surrender (v. i.) To give up one's self into the power of another; to yield; as, the enemy, seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the first summons..
Blencher :: Blencher (n.) One who, or that which, scares another; specifically, a person stationed to prevent the escape of the deer, at a hunt. See Blancher..
Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape..
Astert :: Astert (v. i.) To escape.
Elope :: Elope (v. t.) To run away, or escape privately, from the place or station to which one is bound by duty; -- said especially of a woman or a man, either married or unmarried, who runs away with a paramour or a sweetheart..
Ventilate :: Ventilate (v. t.) To provide with a vent, or escape, for air, gas, etc.; as, to ventilate a mold, or a water-wheel bucket..
Transpire :: Transpire (v. i.) To escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the proceedings of the council soon transpired..
Wildering :: Wildering (n.) A plant growing in a state of nature; especially, one which has run wild, or escaped from cultivation..
Bloodhound :: Bloodhound (n.) A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff..
Wasteweir :: Wasteweir (n.) An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like..
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..
Gas-burner :: Gas-burner (n.) The jet piece of a gas fixture where the gas is burned as it escapes from one or more minute orifices.
Squat :: Squat (v. t.) To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit..
Unscapable :: Unscapable (a.) Not be escaped; inevitable.
Avolate :: Avolate (v. i.) To fly away; to escape; to exhale.
Season :: Season (v. i.) To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance; as, timber seasons in the sun..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) To run from danger; to attempt to escape; to flee; as, an enemy or a coward flies. See Note under Flee..
Astert :: Astert (v. t.) To start up; to befall; to escape; to shun.
Hedge :: Hedge (v. t.) To surround so as to prevent escape.
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