ESCAPE Synonyms

• a long trough for feeding cattle

• a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers

• a rough bed (as at a campsite)

• unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

• a message that seems to convey no meaning

• beds built one above the other

• avoid paying

• provide with a bunk

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

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

• a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

• deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

• escape, either physically or mentally

• be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

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

• a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth

• the deliberate act of failing to pay money

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

• the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver

• a formation of aircraft in flight

• an instance of traveling by air

• a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next

• the act of escaping physically

• an air force unit smaller than a squadron

• passing above and beyond ordinary bounds

• the path followed by an object moving through space

• a flock of flying birds

• a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports

• shoot a bird in flight

• fly in a flock

• decorate with feathers

• a rapid escape (as by criminals)

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

• give a thrashing to; beat hard

• an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape

• soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi

• a euphemism for urination

• the discharge of a fluid from some container

• unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information

• tell anonymously

• be leaked

• enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure

• have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out

• the discharge of a fluid from some container

• a form of address for an unmarried woman

• a young female

• a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)

• fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

• feel or suffer from the lack of

• fail to attend an event or activity

• leave undone or leave out

• fail to reach or get to

• be without

• fail to reach

• be absent

• fail to experience

• the discharge of a fluid from some container

• the process of flowing out

• a natural flow of ground water

• a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely

• the act of testing something

• a race run on foot

• an unbroken series of events

• (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team

• a regular trip

• the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace

• the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation

• unrestricted freedom to use

• the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)

• a small stream

• a race between candidates for elective office

• a row of unravelled stitches

• the pouring forth of a fluid

• an unbroken chronological sequence

• a short trip

• move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

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

• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

• direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.

• have a particular form

• move along, of liquids

• perform as expected when applied

• change or be different within limits

• run, stand, or compete for an office or a position

• cause to emit recorded audio or video

• move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way

• have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined

• be operating, running or functioning

• change from one state to another

• cause to perform

• be affected by; be subjected to

• continue to exist

• occur persistently

• carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine

• include as the content; broadcast or publicize

• conduct to completion

• pass over, across, or through

• cause something to pass or lead somewhere

• make without a miss

• deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor

• cause an animal to move fast

• be diffused

• sail before the wind

• cover by running; run a certain distance

• extend or continue for a certain period of time

• set animals loose to graze

• keep company

• run with the ball; in such sports as football

• travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means

• travel a route regularly

• pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

• compete in a race

• progress by being changed

• reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating

• come unraveled or undone as if by snagging

• become undone

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

• move away or escape suddenly

• break off (a piece from a whole)

• interrupt a continued activity

• withdraw from an organization or communion

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

• be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise

• run away from confinement

• 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

• 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

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

• succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

• pass or move in front of

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