escape

Meanings

• the act of escaping physically
  • "he made his escape from the mental hospital"
  • "the canary escaped from its cage"
• an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
  • "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"
• nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
  • "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"
• an avoidance of danger or difficulty
  • "that was a narrow 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"
• a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
• the discharge of a fluid from some container
  • "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"
• 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
• run away from confinement
  • "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"
• fail to experience
• escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
• be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
• remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
  • "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"
• flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
  • "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
• issue or leak, as from a small opening
  • "Gas escaped into the bedroom"

Synonyms

break away, break loose, bunk, dodging, elude, escape cock, escape valve, escapism, evasion, flight, fly the coop, get away, get by, get off, get out, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, leak, leakage, miss, outflow, relief valve, run, run away, safety valve, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail