Escape Meaning
There are 15 meaning(s) for word Escape
Meaning 1 : remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
Example : We escaped to our summer house for a few days
Synonyms : get away
Example : We escaped to our summer house for a few days
Synonyms : get away
Meaning 2 : 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
Synonyms : escape cock, escape valve, relief valve, safety valve
Synonyms : escape cock, escape valve, relief valve, safety valve
Meaning 4 : nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
Example : that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive
Synonyms : dodging, evasion
Example : that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive
Synonyms : dodging, evasion
Meaning 6 : the discharge of a fluid from some container
Example : they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe
Synonyms : leak, leakage, outflow
Example : they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe
Synonyms : leak, leakage, outflow
Meaning 7 : flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
Example : The burglars escaped before the police showed up
Synonyms : break away, bunk, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail
Example : The burglars escaped before the police showed up
Synonyms : break away, bunk, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail
Meaning 8 : run away from confinement
Example : The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison
Synonyms : break loose, get away
Example : The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison
Synonyms : break loose, get away
Meaning 9 : an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
Example : romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life
Synonyms : escapism
Example : romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life
Synonyms : escapism
Meaning 10 : the act of escaping physically
Example : he made his escape from the mental hospital,the canary escaped from its cage
Synonyms : flight
Example : he made his escape from the mental hospital,the canary escaped from its cage
Synonyms : flight
Meaning 11 : escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
Synonyms : get away, get by, get off, get out
Synonyms : get away, get by, get off, get out
Meaning 12 : a means or way of escaping
Example : hard work was his escape from worry,they installed a second hatch as an escape,their escape route
Example : hard work was his escape from worry,they installed a second hatch as an escape,their escape route
Meaning 13 : an avoidance of danger or difficulty
Example : that was a narrow escape
Example : that was a narrow escape
Meaning 14 : a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
Meaning 15 : issue or leak, as from a small opening
Example : Gas escaped into the bedroom
Example : Gas escaped into the bedroom
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