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to get free from something such as a prison or cage, or from someone who will not allow you to leave: Two prisoners have escaped. escape from A lion has escaped from its cage. She was kidnapped but escaped her captors. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to forget something. forget I can't believe I've forgotten her birthday!
1. a. : to get away (as by flight) escaped from prison. b. : to issue from confinement. gas is escaping. c. of a plant : to run wild from cultivation. 2. : to avoid a threatening evil. the boat sank but the crew escaped. transitive verb.
adjective [ before noun ] uk / ɪˈskeɪpt / us / ɪˈskeɪpt / Add to word list. having got free: an escaped prisoner. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Freedom to act. (as) free as a bird idiom. agency. at will idiom. autonomist. autonomous. free hand. free pass. free rein idiom. free spirit. free-spirited. non-autonomous. non-didactic.
Escape definition: to slip or get away, as from confinement or restraint; gain or regain liberty. See examples of ESCAPE used in a sentence.
Definitions of escape. verb. run away from confinement. “The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison” synonyms: break loose, get away. see more. verb. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run. “The burglars escaped before the police showed up”
To escape is to succeed in keeping away from danger, pursuit, observation, etc.: to escape punishment. To elude implies baffling pursuers or slipping through an apparently tight net: The fox eluded the hounds.
[intransitive, transitive] to get away from a place where you have been kept as a prisoner or not allowed to leave. Two prisoners have escaped. They were caught trying to escape. escape from somebody/something He escaped from prison this morning. She attempted to escape from the pirates holding her hostage.
Definition of escaped adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
n. 1. The act or an instance of escaping. 2. A means of escaping. 3. A means of obtaining temporary freedom from worry, care, or unpleasantness: Television is my escape from worry. 4. A gradual effusion from an enclosure; a leakage. 5. Biology A cultivated plant or a domesticated or confined animal that has become established in the wild. 6.
adjective. having broken free from confinement. Officers mistook Stephen for an escaped prisoner. the son of an escaped slave. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'escaped' in a sentence. escaped.
