escaping

escape

• n.
  • the act of escaping physically

    "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"

    同义词：flight

  • an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy

    "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"

    同义词：escapism

  • the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container

    "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"

    同义词：leakleakageoutflow

  • 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

    同义词：safety valverelief valveescape valveescape cock

  • nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do

    "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"

    同义词：evasiondodging

  • an avoidance of danger or difficulty

    "that was a narrow escape"

  • a means or way of escaping

    "hard work was his escape from worry"; "they installed a second hatch as an escape"; "their escape route"

  • a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
• v.
  • run away from confinement

    "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"

    同义词：get awaybreak loose

  • fail to experience

    同义词：miss

  • escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action

    同义词：get offget awayget byget out

  • be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by

    同义词：elude

  • issue or leak, as from a small opening

    "Gas escaped into the bedroom"

  • remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion

    "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"

    同义词：get away

  • flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

    "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

    同义词：scatrunscarperturn taillamrun awayhightail itbunkhead for the hillstake to the woodsfly the coopbreak away