Hypertext Webster Gateway: "escape"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Escape \Es*cape"\, n. (Bot.)
A plant which has escaped from cultivation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Escape \Es*cape"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Escaped}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Escaping}.] [OE. escapen, eschapen, OF. escaper,
eschaper, F. echapper, fr. LL. ex cappa out of one's cape or
cloak; hence, to slip out of one's cape and escape. See 3d
{Cape}, and cf. {Scape}, v.]
1. To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to
shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.
``Sailors that escaped the wreck.'' --Shak.
2. To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade;
as, the fact escaped our attention.
They escaped the search of the enemy. --Ludlow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Escape \Es*cape"\, v. i.
1. To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed
by from or out of.
Haste, for thy life escape, nor look behind??
--Keble.
2. To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed
without harm.
Such heretics . . . would have been thought
fortunate, if they escaped with life. --Macaulay.
3. 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.
To escape out of these meshes. --Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Escape \Es*cape"\, n.
1. 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.
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. --Ps.
lv. 8.
2. That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an
oversight; also, transgression. [Obs.]
I should have been more accurate, and corrected all
those former escapes. --Burton.
3. A sally. ``Thousand escapes of wit.'' --Shak.
4. (Law) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other
custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.
Note: Escape is technically distinguishable from prison
breach, which is the unlawful departure of the prisoner
from custody, escape being the permission of the
departure by the custodian, either by connivance or
negligence. The term escape, however, is applied by
some of the old authorities to a departure from custody
by stratagem, or without force. --Wharton.
5. (Arch.) An apophyge.
6. Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.
7. (Elec.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting
wires, caused by defective insulation.
{Escape pipe} (Steam Boilers), a pipe for carrying away steam
that escapes through a safety valve.
{Escape valve} (Steam Engine), a relief valve; a safety
valve. See under {Relief}, and {Safety}.
{Escape wheel} (Horol.), the wheel of an escapement.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
escape
n 1: the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the
mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage";
"his flight was an indication of his guilt" [syn: {flight}]
2: an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through
diversion or fantasy; "he escaped into romantic novels";
"his alcohol problem was a form of escapism" [syn: {escapism}]
3: the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container; "they
tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe";
"he had to clean up the leak" [syn: {leak}, {leakage}, {outflow}]
4: 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 [syn: {safety valve}, {relief
valve}, {escape valve}, {escape cock}]
5: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or
trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his
clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the
consequences is possible but unattractive" [syn: {evasion},
{dodging}]
6: an avoidance of danger or difficulty; "that was a narrow
escape"
7: a means or way of escaping; "hard work was his escape from
worry"; "they installed a second hatch as an escape";
"their escape route"
8: a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
v 1: run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped
from a high security prison" [syn: {get away}, {break
loose}]
2: fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
[syn: {miss}]
3: escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a
forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!" "I couldn't
get out from under these responsibilities" [syn: {get off},
{get away}, {get by}, {get out}]
4: be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you
are seeing in him eludes me" [syn: {elude}]
5: issue or leak, as from a small opening; "Gas escaped into
the bedroom"
6: remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for
pleasure or diversion; "We escaped to our summer house for
a few days"; "The president of the company never manages
to get away during the summer" [syn: {get away}]
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