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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Escape \Es*cape"\, n. (Bot.) A plant which has escaped from cultivation. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Escape \Es*cape"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Escaped}; p. pr & vb n. {Escaping}.] [OE. escapen, eschapen OF escaper, eschaper, F. echapper fr LL ex cappa out of one's cape or cloak; hence to slip out of one's cape and escape. See 3d {Cape}, and cf {Scape}, v.] 1. To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from to shun; to obtain security from as to escape danger. ``Sailors that escaped the wreck.'' --Shak. 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. --Ludlow. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Escape \Es*cape"\, v. i. 1. To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of Haste, for thy life escape, nor look behind?? --Keble. 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. --Macaulay. 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. --Thackeray. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Escape \Es*cape"\, n. 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. --Ps. lv 8. 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. --Burton. 3. A sally. ``Thousand escapes of wit.'' --Shak. 4. (Law) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody. Note: Escape is technically distinguishable from prison breach, which is the unlawful departure of the prisoner from custody, escape being the permission of the departure by the custodian, either by connivance or negligence. The term escape, however, is applied by some of the old authorities to a departure from custody by stratagem, or without force. --Wharton. 5. (Arch.) An apophyge. 6. Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid. 7. (Elec.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation. {Escape pipe} (Steam Boilers), a pipe for carrying away steam that escapes through a safety valve. {Escape valve} (Steam Engine), a relief valve; a safety valve. See under {Relief}, and {Safety}. {Escape wheel} (Horol.), the wheel of an escapement. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: escape n 1: the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt" [syn: {flight}] 2: an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy; "he escaped into romantic novels"; "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism" [syn: {escapism}] 3: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive" [syn: {evasion}, {dodging}] 4: an avoidance of danger or difficulty; "that was a narrow escape" 5: a means or way of escaping; "hard work was his escape from worry"; "they installed a second hatch as an escape"; "their escape route" 6: a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild 7: the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak" [syn: {leak}, {leakage}, {outflow}] 8: 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 [syn: {safety valve}, {relief valve}, {escape valve}, {escape cock}] v 1: run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison" [syn: {get away}, {break loose}] 2: fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane" [syn: {miss}] 3: escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action "She gets away with murder!" "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities" [syn: {get off}, {get away}, {get by}, {get out}] 4: be incomprehensible to escape understanding by "What you are seeing in him eludes me" [syn: {elude}] 5: remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion; "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer" [syn: {get away}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: ESCAPEAn early system on the {IBM 650}. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. (1995-01-05) From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: escape (ESC) {ASCII} character 27. When sent by the user, escape is often used to abort execution or data entry. When sent by the computer it often starts an {escape sequence}. (1997-11-27)
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