| Sounds | ihskey'p | |
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| Rhymes | agape ... videotape: 19 rhymes with eyp... | |
| Meaning | An inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy. | |
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| Example | "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life" | |
| Synonym | escapism | |
| Broader | diversion, recreation | An activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates / stimulates |
| Spanish | escapismo, evasionismo | |
| Catalan | escapisme | |
| Meaning | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do. | |
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| Example | "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive" | |
| Synonyms | evasion, dodging | |
| Narrower | circumvention | The act of evading by going around |
| escape mechanism | A form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities | |
| malingering, skulking | Evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated | |
| shirking, slacking, soldiering, goofing off, goldbricking | The evasion of work or duty | |
| Broader | negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance | failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances |
| Spanish | evasión | |
| Verbs | escape | fail to experience |
| escape | escape potentially unpleasant consequences | |
| escape | remove oneself from a familiar / familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion | |
| Meaning | An avoidance of danger or difficulty / difficulty. | |
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| Example | "that was a narrow escape" | |
| Broader | avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodging | deliberately avoiding / avoiding |
| Spanish | escapatoria, escape | |
| Catalan | escapada | |
| Verbs | escape | fail to experience |
| Meaning | A means or way of escaping / escaping / escaping. | |
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| Examples |
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| Broader | means, agency, way | How a result is obtained or an end is achieved |
| Spanish | escape, evasión | |
| Catalan | escapatòria, evasió | |
| Verbs | escape | run away from confinement |
| Meaning | A plant originally / originally cultivated but now growing wild. | |
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| Broader | plant, flora, plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
| Meaning | The discharge of a fluid from some container. | |
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| Example | "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe" | |
| Synonyms | leak, leakage, outflow | |
| Broader | discharge, outpouring, run | The pouring forth of a fluid |
| Spanish | derrame, escape, fuga | |
| Catalan | escapament, fuga, fuita | |
| Verbs | escape | issue or leak, as from a small opening |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | safety valve, relief valve, escape valve, escape cock | |
| Broader | regulator | Any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc. |
| valve | Control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid | |
| Spanish | válvula de escape, válvula de seguridad | |
| Catalan | vàlvula de seguretat | |
| Meaning | run away from confinement. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison" | |
| Synonyms | get away, break loose | |
| Narrower | break, break out, break away | Move away or escape suddenly |
| elude, evade, bilk | escape, either physically or mentally | |
| escape, get away | Remove oneself from a familiar / familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion | |
| exfiltrate | Escape furtively, as from an area under enemy control | |
| run away | escape from the control of | |
| shake, shake off, throw off, escape from | Get rid of | |
| slip | Move smoothly and easily | |
| Broader | flee, fly, take flight | run away quickly |
| Spanish | desatarse, escaparse, escapar, evadirse, evadir, fugarse, huir, irse, librarse | |
| Catalan | anar-se'n, escapar, escapolir-se, evadir-se, evadir, fugir, marxar, tocar el dos | |
| Nouns | escape | the act of escaping physically |
| escape | a means or way of escaping / escaping / escaping | |
| escapee | someone who escapes | |
| Meaning | fail to experience. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | miss | |
| Broader | avoid | Stay clear from |
| Spanish | echar de menos, escaparse, escapar, perderse | |
| Catalan | anar-se'n, escapar, escapolir-se, evadir-se, fugir, marxar, tocar el dos | |
| Nouns | escape | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do |
| escape | an avoidance of danger or difficulty / difficulty | |
| Meaning | escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | get off, get away, get by, get out | |
| Narrower | evade | Use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid |
| Broader | avoid | Stay clear from |
| Spanish | escaparsse, escapar | |
| Catalan | anar-se'n, escapar, escapolir-se, evadir-se, fugir, marxar, tocar el dos | |
| Nouns | escape | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do |
| Meaning | Be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The performance is likely to escape Sue | |
| Synonym | elude | |
| 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 | |
| Meaning | Remove oneself from a familiar / familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "We escaped to our summer house for a few days" | |
| Synonym | get away | |
| Broader | escape, get away, break loose | run away from confinement |
| Spanish | escapar | |
| Catalan | escapar | |
| Nouns | escape | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do |
| escapist | a person who escapes into a world of fantasy | |
| Meaning | flee; take to one's heels; cut and run. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" | |
| Synonyms | scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, fly the coop, break away | |
| Narrower | flee, fly, take flight | run away quickly |
| skedaddle | run away, as if in a panic | |
| Broader | leave, go forth, go away | go away from a place |
| Spanish | correr, escapar, evadir, huir | |
| Catalan | escapar, escapolir-se, evadir, fugir | |
| Meaning | issue or leak, as from a small opening. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "Gas escaped into the bedroom" | |
| Broader | issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress | Come out of |
| Nouns | escape | the discharge of a fluid from some container |
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