Escape /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Escaped; p. pr. & vb. n. Escaping

1. To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.
2. To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention.

   They escaped the search of the enemy.

1. To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of.

   Haste, for thy life escape, nor look behind

2. To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm.

   Such heretics . . . would have been thought fortunate, if they escaped with life.

3. To get free from that which confines or holds; -- used of persons or things; as, to escape from prison, from arrest, or from slavery; gas escapes from the pipes; electricity escapes from its conductors.

   To escape out of these meshes.

1. The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape; also, the means of escape; as, a fire escape.

   I would hasten my escape from the windy storm.

2. That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression. [Obs.]

   I should have been more accurate, and corrected all those former escapes.

3. A sally.
4. The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody. (Law)
5. A plant which has escaped from cultivation. (Bot.)
6. An apophyge. (Arch.)
7. Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.
8. Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation. (Elec.)