Definitions for the word, escape

(n.) A sally.

(n.) An apophyge.

(n.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation.

(n.) Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.

(n.) That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression.

(n.) 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.

(n.) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.

(v.) To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention.

(v.) To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.

(v. i.) To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of.

(v. i.) To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm.

(v. i.) 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.


52 words found in the Scrabble word, escape



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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