escape

Definitions of escape in various dictionaries:

noun - the act of escaping physically

noun - an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy

noun - nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do

noun - an avoidance of danger or difficulty

noun - a means or way of escaping

noun - a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild

noun - the discharge of a fluid from some container

noun - a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler)

verb - run away from confinement

verb - fail to experience

verb - escape potentially unpleasant consequences

verb - be incomprehensible to

verb - remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion

verb - flee

verb - issue or leak, as from a small opening

To break loose from confinement; get free.

To issue from confinement or an enclosure; leak or seep out: Gas was escaping.

To avoid capture, danger, or harm: Ten prisoners had escaped.

To grow beyond a cultivated area.

To succeed in avoiding.

To break loose from; get free of.

To elude the memory or comprehension of: Her name escapes me.

To issue involuntarily from: A sigh escaped my lips.

The act or an instance of escaping.

A means of escaping.

A means of obtaining temporary freedom from worry, care, or unpleasantness: Television is my escape from worry.

A gradual effusion from an enclosure; a leakage.

A plant that has become established away from the area of cultivation.

A key used especially to interrupt a command, exit a program, or change levels within a program.

verb - to get away