Word Meaning

Meaning of escapes

- To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.
- To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention.
- To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of.
- To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm.
- 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.
- 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.
- That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression.
- A sally.
- The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.
- An apophyge.
- Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.
- Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation.

Crossword clue for escapes

- Abscond
- Break free
- Break free from confinement
- Break out following fire
- Diversion (from reality)
- Elusiveness
- Flee
- Flight
- Flight provides distraction
- Fly the coop
- Get away
- Get away from
- Getaway
- Jailbreak
- key for dodge
- Key for Dodge?
- Kind of clause plotted by restless inmates
- Leak out
- Make a run for it
- Make getaway
- One fleeing
- Run off after a fire
- Absconds
- Breaks free from confinement
- Flies the coop
- Getaways
- Gets away
- Gets away from
- Gets free cap, sees models
- Leaks out
- Pace around on board after last one gets away
- Slips away