noun Download 🔗Share The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation. Examples : "The prisoners made their escape by digging a tunnel." situation action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation. Examples : "The plumber found several water escapes along the old pipes, which explained the high water bill. " energy physics technical industry system condition Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Something that has escaped; an escapee. Examples : "The police are still searching for the three escapes from the state prison. " person action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A holiday, viewed as time away from the vicissitudes of life. Examples : "Her weekend escapes to the countryside were the only things that kept her going during the stressful work week. " holiday time entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Escape key Examples : ""Pressing the Escapes key on my keyboard closes the program window." " computing electronics technology device machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The text character represented by 27 (decimal) or 1B (hexadecimal). Examples : "You forgot to insert an escape in the datastream." computing character technology communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A successful shot from a snooker position. Examples : "He needed two escapes to finally get out of the snooker. " sport achievement Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A defective product that is allowed to leave a manufacturing facility. Examples : ""Due to a faulty inspection process, several escapes made it out of the toy factory, posing a safety risk to children." " business industry quality technical work item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake, oversight, or transgression. Examples : "The typo on the sign was a minor escape that no one noticed until after the grand opening. " action character negative guilt Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A sally. Examples : "The prisoners planned their escapes under the cover of darkness. " action military Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An apophyge. Examples : "The column's escapes provided a smooth transition to the base. " architecture part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To get free; to free oneself. Examples : "The factory was evacuated after toxic gases escaped from a pipe." action ability event Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from. Examples : "He only got a fine and so escaped going to jail." action ability Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment. Examples : "Luckily, I escaped with only a fine." action police law achievement guilt Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by. Examples : "The name of the hotel escapes me at present." mind sensation action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cause (a single character, or all such characters in a string) to be interpreted literally, instead of with any special meaning it would usually have in the same context, often by prefixing with another character. Examples : "Brion escaped the double quote character on Windows by adding a second double quote within the literal." computing technology language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To halt a program or command by pressing a key (such as the "Esc" key) or combination of keys. Examples : "She accidentally typed the wrong command, but she quickly escapes it by pressing the "Esc" key. " computing technology electronics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading