Definition of escape

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Escape (n.) An apophyge.

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Barely :: Barely (adv.) But just; without any excess; with nothing to spare ( of quantity, time, etc.); hence, scarcely; hardly; as, there was barely enough for all; he barely escaped..
Vent :: Vent (v. t.) To suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint..
Escape :: Escape (n.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation..
Escape :: Escape (v. i.) To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of..
Custody :: Custody (n.) State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.
Grasshopper :: Grasshopper (n.) In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key; -- called also the hopper..
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.
Air Cock :: Air cock () A faucet to allow escape of air.
Hedge :: Hedge (v. t.) To surround so as to prevent escape.
Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks..
Escape :: Escape (n.) Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid..
Preposition :: Preposition (n.) A word employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word; a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word; -- so called because usually placed before the word with which it is phrased; as, a bridge of iron; he comes from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running..
Escape :: Escape (n.) An apophyge.
Evade :: Evade (v. t.) To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument..
Thrombus :: Thrombus (n.) A tumor produced by the escape of blood into the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
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..
Scape :: Scape (n.) Means of escape; evasion.
Escape :: Escape (v.) To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention..
Astert :: Astert (v. t.) To start up; to befall; to escape; to shun.
Slip :: Slip (n.) An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip..
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