Escape

  • 11escape — 1. m. Acción de escapar o escaparse. 2. Fuga de un gas o de un líquido. 3. Fuga apresurada con que alguien se libra de recibir el daño que le amenaza. 4. En los motores de explosión, salida de los gases quemados. 5. Tubo que conduce estos gases… …

    Diccionario de la lengua española

  • 12Escape — Es*cape , v. i. 1. To flee, and become secure from danger; often followed by from or out of. [1913 Webster] Haste, for thy life escape, nor look behind?? Keble. [1913 Webster] 2. To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 13escape — UK US /ɪˈskeɪp/ noun [U] (often Escape, also escape key, ABBREVIATION Esc) IT ► the key on a computer keyboard which allows you to leave a particular screen and return to the previous one or to interrupt a process: »Press Escape to return to the… …

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  • 14Escape — Es*cape , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Escaped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Escaping}.] [OE. escapen, eschapen, OF. escaper, eschaper, F. echapper, fr. LL. ex cappa out of one s cape or cloak; hence, to slip out of one s cape and escape. See 3d {Cape}, and cf.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 15escape — escape, a escape expr. con rapidez. ❙ «...y si necesita algo, me da con los nudillos en el tabique que me levanto a escape...» Andrés Berlanga, La gaznápira …

    Diccionario del Argot "El Sohez"

  • 16escape — (v.) c.1300, from O.N.Fr. escaper, O.Fr. eschaper (12c., Mod.Fr. échapper), from V.L. *excappare, lit. get out of one s cape, leave a pursuer with just one s cape, from L. ex out of (see EX (Cf. ex )) + L.L. cappa mantle. Related: Escaped;… …

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  • 17escape — [n] breaking away; getaway abdication, avoidance, AWOL*, beat, bolt, break, breakout, bypassing, circumvention, decampment, deliverance, departure, desertion, disappearance, dodging, ducking, elopement, elusion, elusiveness, eschewal, evasion,… …

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  • 18escape — ► VERB 1) break free from confinement or control. 2) elude or get free from (someone). 3) succeed in eluding (something dangerous or undesirable). 4) fail to be noticed or remembered by. ► NOUN 1) an act of escaping. 2) a means …

    English terms dictionary

  • 19escape — s. m. 1. Ato de escapar. = ESCAPAMENTO 2. Fuga, evasão. 3. Ação de se livrar. = REFÚGIO, SAÍDA, SALVAÇÃO 4. Maquinismo de relojoaria que serve para regularizar o movimento de um relógio. 5. Expulsão de gases de combustão num motor. 6. Tubo que… …

    Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • 20escape — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 getting away from a place ADJECTIVE ▪ attempted ▪ successful ▪ great ▪ one of the greatest escapes of all time ▪ daring …

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