Word

escape, v.
(escaped, escapes, escaping)
freq. cnt. 39

run away from confinement
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 31 freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 1

break loose escape get away

sample sentences

"The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

escape escape escapee

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derivationally related form

getaway

semantic pointers

hyponym

break, break out, break away escape from, shake off, shake, throw off elude, evade, bilk exfiltrate slip run away get away, escape

hypernym

flee, fly, take flight

fail to experience
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 8

escape miss

sample sentences

"Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
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derivationally related form

escape escape

semantic pointers

hypernym

avoid

escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

escape get away get by get off get out

sample sentences

"She gets away with murder!"
"I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"

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derivationally related form

escape

semantic pointers

hypernym

avoid

hyponym

evade

be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

elude escape

sample sentences

"What you are seeing in him eludes me"

verb frames

Something ----s somebody
The performance is likely to %s Sue

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The performance is likely to %s Sue

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derivationally related form

elusive elusive

semantic pointers

hypernym

puzzle, bewilder, mystify, baffle, amaze, perplex, vex, stick, get, beat, pose, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, dumbfound

hyponym

resist, refuse, defy

issue or leak, as from a small opening
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escape

sample sentences

"Gas escaped into the bedroom"

verb frames

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derivationally related form

escape

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hypernym

emerge, issue, come out, come forth, go forth, egress

flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 52 freq. cnt.: 38 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 2

break away bunk escape fly the coop head for the hills hightail it lam run run away scarper scat take to the woods turn tail

sample sentences

"If you see this man, run!"
"The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

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derivationally related form

runaway

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derivationally related form

lam

semantic pointers

hypernym

leave, go away, go forth

hyponym

flee, fly, take flight skedaddle

remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

escape get away

sample sentences

"We escaped to our summer house for a few days"
"The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

escape escapist

semantic pointers

hypernym

escape, get away, break loose