Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - escape
Escape
escape
v. & n. --v. 1 intr. (often foll. by from) get free of the restriction or control of a place, person, etc. 2 intr. (of a gas, liquid, etc.) leak from a container or pipe etc. 3 intr. succeed in avoiding danger, punishment, etc.; get off safely. 4 tr. get completely free of (a person, grasp, etc.). 5 tr. avoid or elude (a commitment, danger, etc.). 6 tr. elude the notice or memory of (nothing escapes you; the name escaped me). 7 tr. (of words etc.) issue unawares from (a person, a person's lips). --n. 1 the act or an instance of escaping; avoidance of danger, injury, etc. 2 the state of having escaped (was a narrow escape). 3 a means of escaping (often attrib. : escape hatch). 4 a leakage of gas etc. 5 a temporary relief from reality or worry. 6 a garden plant running wild. Phrases and idioms escape clause Law a clause specifying the conditions under which a contracting party is free from an obligation. escape road a road for a vehicle to turn into if unable to negotiate a bend, descent, etc., safely (esp. on a racetrack). escape velocity the minimum velocity needed to escape from the gravitational field of a body. escape wheel a toothed wheel in the escapement of a watch or clock. Derivatives escapable adj. escaper n. Etymology: ME f. AF, ONF escaper ult. f. med.L (as EX-(1), cappa cloak)
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I. verb (~d; escaping) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~r, eschaper, from Vulgar Latin *excappare, from Latin ex+ Late Latin cappa head covering, cloak Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. to get away (as by flight) , to issue from confinement , to run wild from cultivation, to avoid a threatening evil , transitive verb to get free of ; break away from , to get or stay out of the way of ; avoid , to fail to be noticed or recallable by , 4. to issue from , to be uttered involuntarily by , ~r noun Synonyms: see: ~ II. noun Date: 14th century an act or instance of escaping: as, flight from confinement, evasion of something undesirable, leakage or outflow especially of a fluid, distraction or relief from routine or reality, a means of ~, a cultivated plant run wild, III. adjective Date: 1817 providing a means of ~ , providing a means of evading a regulation, claim, or commitment ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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