Definitions For Escape

noun

• The act of escaping physically
• A means or way of escaping
• An avoidance of danger or difficulty
• An inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
• Nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
• 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
• The discharge of a fluid from some container
• A plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
• An act of escaping from a place, situation, etc.
• A way of escaping from a place, situation, etc.
• An occurrence in which an amount of liquid or gas passes out through a hole or crack in a container

verb

• Issue or leak, as from a small opening
• Fail to experience
• Escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
• Run away from confinement
• Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
• Remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
• Be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
• To get away from a place (such as a prison) where you are being held or kept
• To get away from a dangerous place or situation
• To get away from something that is difficult or unpleasant