| VERB | motion | elude, evade, bilk | escape, either physically or mentally |
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| stative | elude, escape | be incomprehensible to | |
| communication | elude, hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep | avoid / avoid or try to avoid / avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) |
| Sounds | ihluw'd | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | accrued ... vicissitude: 66 rhymes with uwd... | |
| Meaning | escape, either physically or mentally. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The thief eluded the police" | |
| Synonyms | evade, bilk | |
| Broader | escape, get away, break loose | run away from confinement |
| Spanish | eludir, evadir, evitar, rehuir | |
| Catalan | defugir, eludir, evadir, evitar | |
| Adjectives | elusive | skillful at eluding capture |
| Nouns | elusion, eluding | the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) |
| Meaning | Be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The performance is likely to elude Sue | |
| Example | "What you are seeing in him eludes me" | |
| Synonym | escape | |
| Narrower | defy, resist, refuse | elude, especially in a baffling way |
| Broader | perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound | Be a mystery or bewildering to |
| Spanish | escaparse | |
| Catalan | escapar-se | |
| Adjectives | elusive | difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze |
| elusive | difficult to describe / describe | |
| Meaning | avoid / avoid or try to avoid / avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep | |
| Narrower | beg | Dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted |
| quibble | Evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections | |
| Broader | avoid | Stay clear from |
| Spanish | eludir, esquivar, evadir, evitar, rehuir | |
| Catalan | defugir, eludir, esquivar, evadir, evitar | |
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