1. to get away (as by flight)
escaped from prison
2. to issue from confinement
gas is escaping
3. to run wild from cultivation
4. to avoid a threatening evil
the boat sank but the crew escaped
5. to get free of break away from
escape the jungle escape the solar system
6. to get or stay out of the way of avoid
efforts to escape poverty
7. to fail to be noticed or recallable by
his name escapes me
8. to issue from
a smile escaped me
9. to be uttered involuntarily by
a sigh of relief escaped her
10. an act or instance of escaping: such as
11. flight from confinement
12. evasion of something undesirable
13. leakage or outflow especially of a fluid
14. distraction or relief from routine or reality
15. a means of escape
16. a cultivated plant run wild
17. escape key
18. providing a means of escape
escape literature
19. providing a means of evading a regulation, claim, or commitment
an escape clause in a contract
20. to get away from a place (such as a prison) where you are being held or kept
21. to get away from a dangerous place or situation
22. to get away from something that is difficult or unpleasant
23. an act of escaping from a place, situation, etc.
24. a way of escaping from a place, situation, etc.
25. an occurrence in which an amount of liquid or gas passes out through a hole or crack in a container
26. to get away get free or clear
Everyone escaped from the burning building.
27. to keep free of avoid
She managed to escape injury.
28. to fail to be noticed or remembered by
The name escapes me.
29. to leak out
Gas is escaping from the tank.
30. the act of getting away
a narrow escape
31. a way of getting away
… there was no escape except up the cliff.
— Jack London, The Call of the Wild
32. to avoid or find relief from something by means of an escape
33. to avoid or find relief from (something) by means of an escape
he was unable to escape reality
34. an act or instance of escaping: as
35. evasion of something undesirable
find no method of escape from pain and suffering
36. distraction or relief from routine or reality especially mental distraction or relief by flight into idealizing fantasy or fiction that serves to glorify the self
37. to depart from lawful custody with the intent of avoiding confinement or the administration of justice
38. an act or instance of escaping
39. the criminal offense of escaping